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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

215 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



* ORLEANS...UPPER PLAQUEMINES AND UPPER ST. BERNARD PARISHES



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



AT 210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREATER NEW

ORLEANS METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR. THIS LINE 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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