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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

853 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...

ST. CHARLES...LAFOURCHE...AND TERREBONNE PARISHES UNTIL 10 PM CDT.



AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR

RACELAND AND LOCKPORT IN LAFOURCHE PARISH WEST THROUGH MONTEGUT AND

HOUMA TO AREAS JUST EAST OF MORGAN CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE

MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO ST.

CHARLES AND PERHAPS NORTHERN JEFFERSON PARISH BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.



RAINFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED

WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE

ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUATION OF THE THREAT OF

FLASH FLOODING.





MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND

OF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.

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