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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1120 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

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

THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM TYLERTOWN 

MISSISSIPPI TO HAMMOND LOUISIANA TO NAPOLEONVILLE LOUISIANA. 



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.



ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST 

LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS THESE UPPER 

LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH THE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN 

PLACE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY 

DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. STRONGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE 

CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WITH 

ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS 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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