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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

945 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST

MISSISSIPPI...EXTREME SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL

AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...

AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PIKE...PEARL RIVER...

WILKINSON AND WALTHALL



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...

EAST FELICIANA...WEST FELICIANA...POINTE COUPEE...EAST BATON

ROUGE...WEST BATON ROUGE...IBERVILLE...ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...ST

JAMES...ST JOHN...LIVINGSTON...ST HELENA...TANGIPAHOA...

WASHINGTON AND ST TAMMANY



THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH...

MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...LIBERTY...HAMMOND...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...

BATON ROUGE...DENHAM SPRINGS......BAY ST LOUIS...PICAYUNE...

GULFPORT...BILOXI AND OCEAN SPRINGS



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.



UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF HIGH PRESSURE

CENTERED IN WEST TEXAS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SINCE FRIDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE

WATCH AREA REMAINS SATURATED WITH TROPICAL GULF MOISTURE. IN

ADDITION...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE WATCH

AREA TODAY WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL WITH WIDESPREAD STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE AND

ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES OR GREATER.



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.

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