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WGUS54 KLIX 121542
FFWLIX
LAC033-037-091-125-MSC005-157-121815-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1042 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WEST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  WESTERN ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
  WESTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN WILKINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1038 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
  RAIN AND WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING REQUIRING RESCUES AND
  EVACUATIONS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THIS WARNED AREA. RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS BETWEEN 6 AND 13 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THIS MORNING.
  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR A LARGE AREA BETWEEN CROSBY
MISSISSIPPI SOUTHWARD TO PRIDE AND GREENWELL SPRINGS LOUISIANA. THIS
IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3133 9113 3132 9112 3133 9110 3132 9109
      3133 9108 3133 9092 3099 9081 3075 9080
      3056 9105 3080 9124 3108 9136 3133 9117

$$

24/RR
