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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

108 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA

EFFECTIVE UNTIL 4 PM CDT. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES NEW ORLEANS...

METAIRIE...KENNER...WESTWEGO...CHALMETTE AND BELLE CHASSE.



AT 105 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

DEVELOPING ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA. DUE TO SATURATED

CONDITIONS FROM RECENT RAINS...PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND LOW

LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.



MOTORISTS ACROSS THE METRO AREA SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE

WATER CROSSES THE ROADWAY. DO NOT PARK VEHICLES NEAR DRAINS OR IN

LOW LYING LOCATIONS. ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED

UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. STAY AWAY FROM CANALS AND DITCHES THAT

WILL SWELL RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM HEAVY RAINS.



THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA REMAINS UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH

THROUGH TONIGHT. IF RAINS PERSIST AND BECOME HEAVIER...THEN A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED IF HOMES OR BUSINESSES BECOME

THREATENED FROM FLOOD WATERS.



STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS REGARDING

THIS HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD EPISODE.

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