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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

250 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



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

JEFFERSON...ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES AND ST BERNARD PARISHES THROUGH 600

PM CDT...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS FROM METARIE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HOUMA. THIS ACTIVITY

WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE

GREATER NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 330 PM AND 430 PM.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY

EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY 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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