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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

955 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001





...A FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY

   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 JUST SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON 

THIS EVENING WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST INTO THE EXTREME NORTHWEST GULF 

OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A VERY DEEP MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS 

WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESULTANT FLOODING ACROSS 

THE WATCH AREA WHERE HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE 

SAME AREA FOR SEVERAL HOURS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR MAY CAUSE

FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAIN DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS MAY REACH 2 TO 4

INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED IN LATER FORECASTS

INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE FAVORABLE

FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE REMNANTS OF

ALLISON.



DUE TO THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MANY CREEKS...STREAMS AND BAYOUS HAVE

SWOLLEN TO FLOOD AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RESPOND.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

POSSIBLY INTO SUNDAY. 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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