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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1205 AM CST THU MAR 15 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED...



THE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST

LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELED.



A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED EAST OF SOUTHEAST

LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE

MOSTLY CONFINED TO THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AT

MIDNIGHT...AND THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST

AND PRODUCE LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN THROUGH 3

AM.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER FROM EARLIER

RAIN. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD

STAGE.

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