National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1128 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 1126 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS RAPIDLY BECOMING MORE 
WIDESPREAD OVER JEFFERSON PARISH AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA 
MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.  THIS IS A VERY LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION.  

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 2967 9013 2968 9003 2975 9006 2985 9005
      2992 9003 2993 9011 3003 9013 3004 9027
      2994 9025 2980 9015

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