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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1145 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR

   ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND THE ADJACENT

   MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...



   ...THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE

   WATCH....BATON ROUGE...MCCOMB...HAMMOND... SLIDELL...

   DONALDSONVILLE...HOUMA...THIBODAUX...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS...

   PICAYUNE...POPLARVILLE...BAY ST LOUIS AND WAVELAND...



A FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING/FLOODING IS

POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR STREAMS...

BAYOUS...AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.



THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHWEST

ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL

DISTURBANCES MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...COMBINED

WITH A VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF

HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESULTANT FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.



PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES

OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS WAS IN ADDITION TO LARGE 

ACCUMULATIONS SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS 

EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HAVE TALLIED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS 

OF 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 16 INCHES SINCE TUESDAY.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON 

AND TONIGHT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES. 



DUE TO MANY CREEKS...STREAMS AND BAYOUS SWOLLEN TO FLOOD...DRAINAGE

WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RESPOND. MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA IS SATURATED.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

THROUGH TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY INTO SATURDAY. FLOODING WILL BE QUICK TO

DEVELOP IN THESE SITUATIONS.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER LOCATIONS TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING...AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROAD.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS AND EXTENDED FLASH FLOOD

SITUATION.

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