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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ASSUMPTION PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... SOUTHEASTERN IBERVILLE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... WASHINGTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... TANGIPAHOA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... LIVINGSTON PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... WESTERN ST. JAMES PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... ST. HELENA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... EAST FELICIANA PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... ASCENSION PARISH IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... WALTHALL COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN AMITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 927 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BATON ROUGE...HAMMOND...ZACHARY...BAKER...MCCOMB...BOGALUSA... DENHAM SPRINGS...GONZALES...DONALDSONVILLE...PLAQUEMINE...PORT ALLEN...FRANKLINTON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...NAPOLEONVILLE...OAK HILLS PLACE...AMITE...ST. GABRIEL...PONCHATOULA AND WALKER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED IN TANGIPAHOA PARISH. AVOID TRAVEL TONIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA!

* AFFECTED AREAS: ASCENSION ... ASSUMPTION ... EAST BATON ROUGE ... EAST FELICIANA ... IBERVILLE ... LIVINGSTON ... ST. HELENA ... ST. JAMES ... TANGIPAHOA ... WASHINGTON ... WEST BATON ROUGE

Instructions:

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.