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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

630 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH

   TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA

   RIVER AND THE ADJACENT MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...



LATEST WEATHER ANALYSIS AND RADAR TRENDS ARE INDICATING A BRIEF

REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAVY RAINS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA.

HOWEVER...APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...A WEAK SURFACE

BOUNDARY DRAPED ALONG THE GULF COAST...AND A VERY MOISTURE RICH

AIRMASS WILL ALLOW FOR RAPID REDEVELOPMENT OF TROPICAL RAINSHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND MID-MORNING.



LOCAL RAINFALL FORECASTING METHODS SUGGEST AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6

ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY ACROSS AREAS

THAT HAVE RECEIVED FROM 5 TO 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE TUESDAY

AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS ARE ALREADY SATURATED WITH MANY RIVERS AND

STREAMS VERY HIGH OR IN FLOOD CONDITIONS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

WILL PRODUCE RAPID FLOODING. THE HEAVY RAINS ARE ANTICIPATED TO

REDEVELOP AROUND 9 AM AND BECOME WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE LATE

MORNING AND AFTERNOON.



PERSONS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE THIS RELATIVELY QUIET

PERIOD TO BRING ANY PREPAREDNESS MEASURES TO COMPLETION. ENSURE

THAT DRAINAGE AREAS AND INTAKES ARE CLEARED OF DEBRIS...IF

ACCESSIBLE. REVIEW PROCEDURES AND FORM A PLAN OF ACTION SHOULD

EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY IN YOUR AREA. STAY AWAY FROM SWOLLEN

RIVERS AND STREAMS.



STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL AND

CABLE TV AND RADIO...OR THE INTERNET WEATHER SOURCES FOR THE LATEST

STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS THAT WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY

REGARDING THIS VERY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION.

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