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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
600 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..
  WESTERN ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA..

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 557 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE    
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENNER TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST    
  OF WAGGAMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS     
  COULD REACH 2 INCHES.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
  ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT...HARAHAN...BRIDGE CITY...WESTWEGO...    
  GRETNA...TERRYTOWN AND VIOLET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 2984 9021 3001 9028 3004 9028 3003 9011
      3005 8996 3013 8987 3002 8984 2998 8984
      2992 8983 2982 8983 2980 9007

$$

7/ARM