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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

620 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...HEAVY RAIFALL DIMINISHING OVER JACKSON COUNTY...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER JACKSON COUNTY

SINCE 300PM PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...PRIMARILY OVER

NORTHEAST EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES

OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES...OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF

EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY SINCE MID AFTERNOON. AT 540 PM...JACKSON

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED CONSIDERABLE STREET FLOODING.



SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED SINCE 515 PM AND

ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 730PM ALLOWING STREET

FLOODING TO SUBSIDE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.



MOTORIST SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME IN THEIR TRAVELS EARLY THIS EVENING

DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

ROADWAYS TO UNKNOWN DEPTH.



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

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER

STATEMENTS

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