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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

420 PM CDT WED AUG 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* ORLEANS...ST. CHARLES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AND UPPER JEFFERSON

PARISHES



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ORLEANS PARISH EASTWARD INTO

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH. THIS LINE HAS BEEN VERY SLOW IN MOVEMENT

DURING THE PAST HOUR WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 3 INCHES IN

SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. IN ADDITION TO THIS...LOCALIZED

STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE WEST BANK AREA OF NEW

ORLEANS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN...ANOTHER

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 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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