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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

305 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...EDEN ISLE...

  COVINGTON...

  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAMMOND...AMITE...

  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FRANKLINTON...BOGALUSA...

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOMB...

  WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 258 AM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED BANDS OF SHOWERS AND 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS 

NORTHWARD THROUGH THE WARNING AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD OVER ANY ONE LOCATION. 



THROUGH 6 AM...LOCALIZED AREAS IN THE WARNING AREA COULD SEE 4 TO AS 

HIGH AS 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WHERE PERSISTENT RAINS IN 

BANDS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.     



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILMER...  

VARNADO...ROSELAND...MOUNT HERMAN...KENTWOOD...ENON...TYLERTOWN...  

SUMMIT...SALEM...OSYKA...MAGNOLIA AND DEXTER



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.





LAT...LON 3135 9005 3115 9000 3114 8994 3109 8991

      3109 8983 3101 8982 3101 8973 3069 8985

      3019 8973 3023 8979 3021 8983 3025 8989

      3025 8998 3030 9000 3035 9008 3038 9020

      3031 9030 3029 9039 3048 9055 3136 9054



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