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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
642 AM CDT Tue May 18 2021

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEAST BATON ROUGE...

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Ascension Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  South Central East Baton Rouge Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  Northeastern Iberville Parish in southeastern Louisiana...
  West Central Livingston Parish in southeastern Louisiana...

* Until 1000 AM CDT.

* At 642 AM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 5 and 10
  inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for SOUTHEAST BATON ROUGE. This is
  a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Emergency management.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
           HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
           low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Oak Hills Place, St. Gabriel, Village
  St. George, Inniswold, Old Jefferson, Shenandoah, Westminster and
  Gardere.

This includes the following Interstates...
	Interstate 10 in Louisiana between mile markers 161 and 169.
	Interstate 12 between mile markers 2 and 10.

Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned
area over the next 3 hours.

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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses
as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

&&

LAT...LON 3032 9114 3034 9113 3043 9110 3046 9097
      3039 9095 3034 9098 3033 9099 3031 9102
      3028 9110 3029 9115

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1 INCH IN 3 HOURS

$$

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