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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

539 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR



 * EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IN EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   IBERVILLE PARISH IN EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA

   THIS INCLUDES THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA AND PLAQUEMINES

 

 * EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT



AT 530 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF TWO TO 

TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF EAST 

BATON ROUGE PARISH. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING NORTH AT 

20 MPH INTO THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF BATON ROUGE. 



IN ADDITION...FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS IBERVILLE PARISH 

WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS INDICATED TO HAVE FALLEN SINCE 3 

AM. PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 1 BETWEEN PLAQUEMINES AND WHITE 

CASTLE WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...ACCORDING TO THE IBERVILLE 

PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD ANTICIPATE A VERY SLOW MORNING COMMUTE THIS 

MORNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER CROSSES THE ROADWAY. DO 

NOT ENTER INTO BARRICADED AREAS. ALLOW AMPLE TIME TO REACH YOUR 

DESTINATION AND PLAN FOR ALTERNATE ROUTES. POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY 

TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.



A FLASH FLOOD AND RIVER FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 

ADVISORY AREA. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS 

THROUGHOUT THE DAY.



 

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