

000 

WGUS54 KLIX 021741

FFWLIX

LAC007-033-037-047-063-091-121-MSC005-157-022100-

/O.EXT.KLIX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080902T2100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

1241 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZACHARY...OAK HILLS PLACE...BATON

  ROUGE...BAKER...

  EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLINTON...

  IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PLAQUEMINE...

  NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENHAM SPRINGS...

  NORTHWESTERN ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ALLEN...

  SOUTHERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIBERTY...

  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM NEARLY STATIONARY SPIRAL BANDS OF    

  TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WESTMINSTER...WATSON...SLAUGHTER...PRIDE...GREENWELL SPRING...

  GARDERE...FELPS...DARLINGTON...BRUSLY...ADDIS AND GILLSBERG



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 

4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WEST BATON ROUGE. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS A DETACHED 

RAINBAND BRINGS THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA THROUGH 

THE AFTERNOON. 



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3118 9056 2996 9124 2998 9126 3000 9126

      3004 9122 3006 9126 3006 9136 3010 9139

      3010 9145 3012 9147 3019 9147 3021 9149

      3126 9093



$$

