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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE LA 
955 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ...
  AMITE RIVER AT MAUREPAS AFFECTING 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FORECAST CRESTS ARE BASED UPON RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED ALONG WITH 
ANTICIPATED RAIN FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECASTS 
WILL BE MADE IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS.
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  REMEMBER...TWO FEET OF
RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING PICKUPS.  TURN 
AROUND AND DON'T DROWN.
A FOLLOWUP PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED LATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER 
RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE PROVIDER...FOR 
THE LATEST INFORMATION.  THE LATEST GRAPHICAL HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION 
CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WEATHER.GOV.
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955 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE HAS ISSUED A 
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE AMITE RIVER AT MAUREPAS.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 9:30 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING UNTIL CRESTING
  AT AROUND 6.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 16 AT PORT VINCENT WILL
  BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. LOUISIANA TRACE WILL BE IMPASSABLE.
  PERSISTANT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND AND HIGH TIDES ON LAKE MAUREPAS
  WILL MAINTAIN HIGH RIVER STAGES.
* IMPACT...AT 4.0 FEET...WATER WILL BE STANDING ON ROADS NEAR THE
  RIVER. LOW LYING ROADS NEAR LAKE MAUREPAS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD.
  LOUISIANA TRACE WILL HAVE STANDING WATER IN SOME PLACES.
* SEVERAL AREA ROADS BETWEEN KILLIAN AND MAUREPAS AND ALONG LOUISIANA
  HIGHWAY 22 ARE IMPACTED BY HIGH WATERS.
* THE GAUGES ARE HIGHLY IMPACTED BY TIDAL FLUCTUATIONS.
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