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LAC051-211930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1232 PM 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...MARRERO...AVONDALE



* UNTIL 130 PM CST



* AT 1229 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 

  STREETS REMAINED FLOODED AND BARRICADED ON THE WEST BANK OF UPPER 

  JEFFERSON PARISH. THE EAST BANK FLOODING HAS RECEDED. 



  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE SHORT-TERM. HOWEVER...

  ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DEVELOPING IN EAST TEXAS AND

  OVER THE WEST GULF OF MEXICO THAT MAY MOVE INTO THE AFFECTED AREA

  LATER THIS EVENING.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTWEGO   

AND BRIDGE CITY



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.



LAT...LON 2971 9020 2974 9014 2978 9013 2981 9016

      2983 9014 2989 9025 2991 9025 2994 9014

      2992 9013 2991 9010 2970 9004



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