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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

303 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN

TERREBONNE...NORTHERN LAFOURCHE...ST JAMES AND ST. JOHN-THE-

BAPTIST UNTIL 515 AM CDT THIS MORNING.



AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH ISOLATED

THUNDERSTORMS FROM ST JAMES TO ST. JOHN-THE-BAPTIST MOVING

NORTH ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TERREBONNE AND

NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISHES HAVE RECEIVED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN

THE THE PAST 3 HOURS WHILE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF ST JAMES AND ST.

JOHN-THE-BAPTIST PARISHES HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES. MANY

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN NORTHERN

TERREBONNE AND NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISHES WITH WATER OVER THE

HOODS OF CARS IN SCHRIEVER IN EXTREME NORTHERN TERREBONNE PARISH.

SEVERAL HOMES ALSO HAD ANKLE DEEP WATER IN THEM. ALSO NUMEROUS

HOMES HAD WATER IN THEM IN NORTHERN LAFOURCHE PARISH.



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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