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LAZ049-056>061-065>068-062000-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1215 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR

JEFFERSON...ST. CHARLES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. JAMES...

ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...TERREBONNE AND LAFOURCHE PARISHES THROUGH

300 PM CDT...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED

THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FROM THE WESTERN

HALF OF THE NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA TO NEAR DONALDSONVILLE

AND EXTENDING SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST SOUTH OF HOUMA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID

AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLOODING AND PONDING OF

ROADS...STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. IF HEAVY RAIN INTENSIFIES

OVER LOCALIZED AREAS...THE ADVISORY WILL BE UPGRADED TO A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING FOR THE AFFECTED PARISHES.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ALONG CITY

STREETS AND ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.

THEY SHOULD ALSO CHECK ROAD CONDITIONS ALONG THEIR ROUTES.

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