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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

420 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM FOR ST TAMMANY

PARISH AND PEARL RIVER COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT

PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS SHIFTED EAST OF SLIDELL AND

PICAYUNE...HOWEVER...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED

ACROSS EAST PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MOST OF SOUTHEAST

MISSISSIPPI.



BETWEEN 230 AND 330 AM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OF

SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE MANDEVILLE AREA OF ST TAMMANY

PARISH. SOME WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED ON ROADS IN THE SLIDELL

AREA. HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED NEAR THE FRONT DOORS OF HOMES ALONG 4

BLOCKS IN PICAYUNE IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY WITH 13 TO 14 ROADS BLOCKED

BY HIGH WATER.



PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

THROUGH MOST OF THE MORNING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT

FOR FLOODING FROM PAST AND FUTURE HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH THE GROUND

SATURATED AND RIVERS RISING...WATER WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN FROM AREAS

ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.

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