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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

814 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...KENNER

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS



* UNTIL 1015 AM CST



* AT 813 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  A PERSISTENT BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ENTERING THE NEW 

  ORLEANS AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2991 9024 2990 9002 3003 8999 3003 9026



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