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LAC103-105-117-021930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1242 PM CST TUE NOV 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COVINGTON
  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAMMOND
  WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKLINTON

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1239 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERS BETWEEN PONCHATOULA AND HAMMOND
  ...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35MPH.

* COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
  HAMMOND...ROBERT...AND ENON.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3051 9055 3025 9039 3059 8986 3100 9008


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