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Flash Flood Warning
LAC005-033-047-063-105-121-221245-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
550 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GONZALES...
SOUTHERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILLS PLACE...BATON ROUGE...
IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PLAQUEMINE...
LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DENHAM SPRINGS...
WEST CENTRAL TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT ALLEN...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 546 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES WEST OF INDEPENDENCE TO RAMAH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMITE TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CATAHOULA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO
5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA
WITH SIMILAR TOTALS EXPECTED AS THE LINE MOVES SOUTHEAST.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRUSLY...ADDIS...WESTMINSTER...WALKER...LIVINGSTON...GARDERE...
BAYOU SORREL...PRAIRIEVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...CARVILLE...WHITE
CASTLE...GEISMER...WHITEHALL AND SORRENTO

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

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LAT...LON 3065 9073 3065 9045 3034 9052 3012 9090
3006 9137 3010 9139 3010 9144 3014 9148
3019 9148 3020 9150 3023 9148 3024 9156
3036 9165 3037 9165

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Special Weather Statement
LAZ037-048-050-221115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
521 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AFFECTING ST. HELENA PARISH...EAST
BATON ROUGE PARISH...LIVINGSTON PARISH...

AT 518 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKER...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...BATON ROUGE
AIRPORT...BAKER...ZACHARY...GREENWELL SPRING...PRIDE AND WATSON

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

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