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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
914 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CONTINUES FOR
OSYKA...KENTWOOD...GREENSBURG...AMITE CITY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 909 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
  RAIN...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND WATER RESCUES UNDERWAY. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT. FLASH
  FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG I-55 BETWEEN
OSYKA AND AMITE CITY...AND ALONG AND AROUND HIGHWAY 10 THROUGH
GREENSBURG. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GREENSBURG...AMITE...AMITE CITY...MAGNOLIA...KENTWOOD...ROSELAND...
  OSYKA...EASLEYVILLE...DARLINGTON...GILLSBERG...WILMER...
  TANGIPAHOA AND MCCOMB AIRPORT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 1215 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3121 9034 3071 9036 3075 9080 3099 9080
      3122 9056

$$

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