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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1146 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  SOUTHERN ST TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA

  SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF

INTERSTATE 12 AND JUST EAST OF MANDEVILLE IN SOUTHERN ST. TAMMANY

PARISH...EXTENDING EAST ACROSS ALL OF SLIDELL INTO SOUTHERN HANCOCK

COUNTY...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST

AT 10 MILES PER HOUR WITH REPEAT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME GENERAL

AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ALONG WITH SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED

FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 1030 AND 1145

AM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH

1 PM WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS.



MOTORISTS 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 SERIOUS.

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