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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1053 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...AVONDALE

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS



* UNTIL 1230 PM CST



* AT 1051 AM CST...WIDESPREAD AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES OVER 

PORTIONS OF UPPER JEFFERSON AND POSSIBLY INTO ADJACENT ORLEANS 

PARISH. WHILE MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 

AFFECTED AREA...IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER FOR PUMPING STATIONS TO 

CATCH UP AND FOR DRAINAGE CANALS TO DRAIN DOWN. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW ORLEANS

  ...METAIRIE...HARAHAN.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 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 2989 9025 2991 9026 3003 9026 3004 9027

      3004 9023 3002 9017 3003 9003 2989 9001

      2988 9023



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