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LAC047-050245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

451 PM CST THU JAN 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MARINGOUIN AND GROSSE TETE



* UNTIL 845 PM CST



* AT 447 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER AND SOUTH OF THE WARNED 

  AREA. THIS AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING 

  NORTH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3006 9135 3011 9138 3011 9145 3024 9147

      3027 9159 3037 9163 3044 9162 3050 9169

      3048 9145 3033 9131 3033 9102 3007 9112

      3004 9121



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