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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

400 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS

SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST

LOUISIANA.



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...

WILKINSON...AMITE...PIKE...AND WALTHALL.



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

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

EAST BATON ROUGE...IBERVILLE...ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...

LIVINGSTON...ST HELENA...TANGIPAHOA...AND WASHINGTON.



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

MCCOMB...BATON ROUGE...DONALDSONVILLE...HAMMOND...AND BOGALUSA.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AND

NEAR THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR STREAMS...BAYOUS...AND AREAS

OF POOR DRAINAGE.



UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING FROM SOUTH TEXAS AND THE NORTHWEST

GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI OVER THE LAST FEW

DAYS HAVE PRODUCED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EAST CENTRAL

LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE

WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS.



ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL HAVE A GREATER IMPACT ON

EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. WITH VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT

WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. MUCH OF THIS RAIN

MAY FALL IN A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF LOW

LYING AREAS.



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD

SITUATION.

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