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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

327 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...

  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...

  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENHAM SPRINGS...

  ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBURG...

  NORTHERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AMITE...

  WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ALLEN...

  AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIBERTY...

  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOMB...



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 319 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

FROM THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE INTERSTATE IN BATON ROUGE. IN 

ADDITION...RADAR INDICATES 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

LAST THREE HOURS ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES. AN 

ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM AS 

RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTER BAND OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV 

MOVES VERY SLOWLY EAST.



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

  WHITE CASTLE...WESTMINSTER...WATSON...WALKER...ROSELAND...

  PRAIRIEVILLE...MONTPELIER...LIVINGSTON...KENTWOOD...INDEPENDENCE...

  GREENWELL SPRING...GEISMER...GARDERE...EASLEYVILLE...DARLINGTON...

  CARVILLE...SUMMIT...OSYKA...MAGNOLIA AND GILLSBERG



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 3101 9028 3101 9034 3091 9035 3090 9031

      3086 9030 3069 9032 3008 9101 3026 9157

      3135 9083 3136 9026



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