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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

710 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



AT 710 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG AND SLOW MOVING

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI

RIVER NEAR AND NORTH OF SCOTLANDVILLE. WHILE THE STORM WAS

INCREASING IN COVERAGE EASTWARD...THE ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF THE

STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RAINFALL RATES OF

BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM

WHICH WILL CAUSE STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD.



THE AREA UNDER GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE ALONG HIGHWAY 61...AIRLINE

HIGHWAY FROM SCOTLANDVILLE TO PORT HUDSON AND IN THE BAKER AND

ZACHARY COMMUNITIES.



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. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS

ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISED AREA.

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