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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

345 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



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

TAMMANY AND WASHINGTON PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND PEARL

RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 630 PM CDT...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR POPLARVILLE ACROSS BOGALUSA THROUGH THE

COVINGTON...MANDEVILLE AREA AND INTO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THIS

ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THESE AREAS SINCE 12 NOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO

THREE INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 630 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL

ALONG WITH RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS STORMS 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 OR COUNTY.



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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