Critical FFW Flash Flood Warning — Sat Oct 9, 2004 4:53 AM

FFWNEW
LAC109-091430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
340 AM CDT SAT OCT 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TERREBONNE PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 321 AM CDT...TERREBONNE PARISH DIRECTOR REPORTED FLOOD WATERS 
  IN NUMEROUS HOMES AND MANY ROAD CLOSURES. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN 
  IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.

SINCE FRIDAY MORNING....TOTAL RAINFALL RADAR ESTIMATES WERE 6 TO 8 
INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN TERREBONNE PARISH. THE ONGOING 
COASTAL FLOODING WILL NOT ALLOW EXCESS WATER TO DRAIN AND WILL ONLY 
COMPOUND THE FLOODING SITUATION. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 2920 9103 2917 9083 2945 9055 2957 9102