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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

430 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS OF 

SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. IN 

LOUISIANA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE PARISHES OF POINTE COUPEE...WEST 

FELICIANA...EAST FELICIANA...ST. HELENA...WEST BATON ROUGE...EAST 

BATON ROUGE...LIVINGSTON...IBERVILLE...ASCENSION AND ASSUMPTION. IN 

MISSISSIPPI THE COUNTIES OF WILKINSON...AMITE AND PIKE ARE INCLUDED 

IN THE WATCH. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH WATCH ARE BATON 

ROUGE...CLINTON...GONZALES...GREENSBURG AND DONALDSONVILLE IN 

LOUISIANA AND MCCOMB AND LIBERTY IN MISSISSIPPI.



A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE AREA FROM MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI 

SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY 

STATIONARY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STILL 

EXPECTED TO DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ALONG THE FRONT AND 

MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEST OF 

THE AREA WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA SATURDAY MORNING AND 

WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND 

SATURDAY MORNING. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED 

IN MOST AREAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE INCHES OR MORE WILL BE 

POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES. 



THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ENDING FROM THE WEST SATURDAY MORNING 

WITH DRY AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND 

SUNDAY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH

AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA AND BE

PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BECOME IMMINENT.

MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID ENTERING AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR LATER

STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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