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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1000 PM 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 CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF FORMER 

TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS OVER ATCHAFALAYA BAY. THE PROXIMITY OF 

THE WATCH AREA TO THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN A VERY DEEP 

MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS THROUGH MOST OF 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 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

ARE POSSIBLE. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AREA RAINFALL TOTALS 

WILL AVERAGE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF  

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI INTO MONDAY AS 

CONDITIONS MAY REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THE 

EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN 

MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.



RIVERS AND BAYOUS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY THOSE OF 

EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... HAVE SWOLLEN TO FLOOD. DRAINAGE 

SYSTEMS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RESPOND AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

ACCUMULATES INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AND LOW 

LYING AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. 



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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