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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1004 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ST TAMMANY PARISH LOUISIANA AND

   PEARL RIVER COUNTY MISSISSIPPI WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM

   CST...



AT 10 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OUT OF

THE WARNED AREAS AT THIS TIME. EXTENSIVE RAINFALL OF THREE TO SIX

INCHES OCCURRED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING CAUSING MOST

CREEKS...STREAMS AND DITCHES TO BE SWOLLEN OR OVERFLOWING. THE

WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL OCCASION

THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF

RAINFALL POSSIBLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY. MANY RIVERS WILL HAVE

FLOOD WARNINGS POSTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. STAY AWAY FROM SWOLLEN

STREAMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR

THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

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