FFWNEW
LAC063-095-103-105-270500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
600 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RESERVE
  ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON
  TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAMMOND

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

* AT 550 PM CDT...FLOODING CONTINUES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ST      
 TAMMANY PARISH AND EDEN ISLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH       
...TANGIPAHOA PARISH...AND LIVINGSTON PARISH. 

TIDES LEVELS IN LAKE MAUREPAS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN REMAIN AT 5 
FEET AND ARE CAUSING TIDAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND HOMES
ADJACENT TO THE LAKES. THE TIDES IN THE LAKES ARE SLOWING FALLING AT 
ONE HALF FOOT EVERY 3 HOURS. FLOOD WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE 
AND SHOULD BE BELOW FLOOD LEVELS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 
                   
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.