NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge Mon Aug 29 2005 1140 AM CDT Flash Flood Warning

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1140 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORLEANS PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. BERNARD PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 1137 AM CDT...WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 
PARISHES ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE PONCHARTRAIN IN THE GREATER 
NEW ORLEANS AREA...AS WELL AS IN PORTIONS OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH.  
THIS CONTINUES TO BE AN EXTREMELY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.  THOSE 
SEEKING REFUGE IN ATTICS AND ROOF-TOPS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO TAKE 
THE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR SURVIVAL.  FOR EXAMPLE...THOSE GOING INTO 
ATTICS SHOULD TRY TO TAKE AN AXE OR HATCHET WITH THEM SO THEY CAN 
CUT THEIR WAY ONTO THE ROOF TO AVOID DROWNING SHOULD RISING FLOOD 
WATERS CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE ATTIC.  

RESCUE MAY NOT COME UNTIL THE STRONG WINDS ABATE AS DANGEROUS 
HURRICANE KATRINA MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 2986 9001 3002 8964 3016 8971 3003 9013

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