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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

430 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF 

SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...

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

WILKINSON AND WALTHALL



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF 

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE 

DISSIPATING RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 TO 2 

INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING 

HAS DIMINISHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 

URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING THOUGH IS STILL POSSIBLE INTO THE 

EVENING HOURS OVER THE OLD WATCH AREA.

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