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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

150 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMBERLANE...MARRERO...HARVEY...

  SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELLE CHASSE...

  WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHALMETTE...



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 146 PM CDT...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS    

  OVER ST. BERNARD...JEFFERSON AND ORLEANS PARISHES FROM             

  THUNDERSTORMS ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 19 MPH.



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

  VIOLET AND YSCLOSKEY



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 2987 9015 3005 8998 2983 8959 2964 8986



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