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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

400 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EAST CENTRAL

AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ALONG WITH MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL

MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



WHILE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO

AFFECT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING

PROBLEMS HAS DIMINISHED. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES

ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING

HOURS IN AND NEAR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORM

THREAT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED

TUESDAY. HOWEVER...MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE

AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS RESEMBLING MORE OF A TYPICAL

LATE SUMMER TIME PATTERN WITH LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH.

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