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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

130 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UPPER JEFFERSON...UPPER LAFOURCHE AND ST. CHARLES PARISHES



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



AT 125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ST. CHARLES PARISH

WESTWARD INTO NORTHERN TERREBONNE PARISH. IN ADDITION...ST. CHARLES

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH STREET FLOODING

THAT WAS OCCURRING OVER VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PARISH. THIS

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 10

MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ANOTHER ONE TO

THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 PM WHICH WILL

FURTHER ENHANCE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING ALONG STREETS...LOW LYING

AREAS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.



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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