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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

300 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2001



...HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER SECTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

PRODUCING AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING...



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

  AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN

  SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* ORLEANS...ST. BERNARD AND ST. TAMMANY PARISHES



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



AT 300 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM

EASTERN ST. TAMMANY PARISH SOUTH TOWARD ST. BERNARD PARISH. THIS BAND

IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW

ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. LOCAL RAINFALL RATES

OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THIS

WILL LIKELY CAUSE STREET FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING

AREAS IN AND AROUND THE HEAVIER RAIN.



MOTORIST SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF THE RAINS

PERSIST AND FLOODING BECOMES MORE IMMINENT.

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