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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1130 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 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 WERE LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST 

GULF OF MEXICO ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA 

AT 1030 AM DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST. THE PROXIMITY OF THE WATCH AREA TO 

THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON WILL MAINTAIN A VERY DEEP MOIST TROPICAL 

AIRMASS THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL PROLONG THE RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL 

AND RESULTANT FLOODING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AS 

HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA FOR SEVERAL 

HOURS.



THE MAIN FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 12 IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF TERREBONNE...LAFOURCHE...JEFFERSON...AND PLAQUEMINES 

PARISHES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA...1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL 

TOTALS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.   



THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED IN LATER FORECASTS 

INTO MONDAY AS CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE FAVORABLE FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN 

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON.



DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OF THE PAST FOUR DAYS 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 MONDAY. FLOODING WILL BE QUICK 

TO DEVELOP IN THIS 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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