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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

300 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



AT 255 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

ALONG WITH SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM A

LINE NEAR TYLERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI TO FOLSOM, LOUISIANA AND STRETCHING

SOUTHWARD TOWARD AND SOUTH OF THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS

ACTIVITY WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 20

MPH AND WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS AROUND AND EAST OF THIS LINE UP UNTIL

600 PM THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM FOUR TO SIX

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AFFECTED LOCATIONS DURING THE

PAST TWELVE HOURS. THIS HAS LED TO MANY STREAMS AND DITCHES

OVERFLOWING WITH WATER COVERING SEVERAL MAJOR ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE

WATER WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN MOVES EAST

OF THE FORECAST AREA. UNTIL THEN...ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN

ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE

AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE FLOODED AREAS SHOULD REMAIN

CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS SHOULD THE

SITUATION WARRANT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR

RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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