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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

903 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN       

  ASSOCIATION WITH A TROPICAL RAINBAND THAT WAS OVER THE PARISH. 

  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN    

  OVER SECTIONS OF THE PARISH SINCE 8 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL  

  IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3064 8985 3040 8970 3017 8961 3027 8988

      3041 9021 3068 9024



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