

000 

WGUS74 KLIX 042007

FFSNEW

LAZ060>062-064-042300-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

305 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA



* SAINT CHARLES...SAINT BERNARD...JEFFERSON AND ORLEANS PARISHES



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



AT 300 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OCCURRED IN A

SWATH FROM HAHNVILLE TO KENNER TO NEW ORLEANS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS...JUST TO THE EAST OF THE NEW ORLEANS METRO

AREA...WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST. RAINFALL RATES OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO

TWO INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE

STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD.



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.

