000 WGUS54 KLIX 041305 FFWLIX LAC007-057-109-041700- /O.NEW.KLIX.FF.W.0027.110904T1305Z-110904T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 805 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAPOLEONVILLE... NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THIBODAUX...LAROSE...GALLIANO...CUT OFF... TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOUMA... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 758 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE HOUMA AND THIBODAUX AREA. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH TIDE LEVELS WILL REDUCE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF REDUCED DRAINAGE CAPACITY AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLOODING IN THE AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAY...BAYOU CANE...PAINCOURTVILLE...RACELAND...MATHEWS... LOCKPORT...CHAUVIN...MONTEGUT...HOUMA...AND THIBODAUX PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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 2946 9121 2960 9108 2968 9105 2975 9110 2981 9110 2983 9116 2999 9126 3003 9122 3008 9108 3006 9096 2998 9096 2997 9092 2994 9092 2993 9089 2991 9088 2992 9078 2989 9068 2989 9053 2948 9014 2910 9088 $$