

000 

WGUS74 KLIX 121327

FFSNEW

LAZ040-MSZ080-121415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

822 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



AT 822 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM MANDEVILLE 

LOUISIANA TO BAY ST LOUIS MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITHIN A HALF HOUR 

PERIOD. RAPID FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES AND POOR DRAINIAGE 

AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION 

DRIVING IN THESE STORMS AS VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 

50 FEET.  THE STROMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. 



LOCATIONS STILL IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PEARLINGTON...

SLIDELL...PEARL RIVER AND LACOMBE.

