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WGUS64 KLIX 090334

FFSNEW

GMZ530-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-091000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA

1030 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL 

MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH TONIGHT...



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...

WILKINSON...AMITE...PIKE...WALTHALL...PEARL RIVER...HANCOCK...

HARRISON AND JACKSON



THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES ALL PARISHES EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.



THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH...

BATON ROUGE...HAMMOND...BOGALUSA...SLIDELL...COVINGTON...MANDEVILLE

...WOODVILLE...LIBERTY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...NEW ORLEANS METRO

AREA...HOUMA...AND DONALDSONVILLE.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH 

AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS...BAYOUS...AND AREAS OF POOR 

DRAINAGE.



A SERIES OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE 

LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST 

AIRMASS SITUATED ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION. THE RESULT WILL BE A 

CONTINUATION OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT... MAINLY 

ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...BEFORE 

DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. 



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF 

SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST OF 

INTERSTATE 55 WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS AREAS FARTHER TO THE EAST 

AND SOUTH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR 

ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE 

PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.  



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FALL ON SOILS WHICH ARE IN SOME CASES 

NEARLY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. AS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA REPEATEDLY...HEAVY RAINFALL 

MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS...BAYOUS...SMALL STREAMS AND POORLY 

DRAINED AREAS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. RIVER 

FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE HANDLED IN SEPARATE BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE 

NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



THE FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY OVER

PORTIONS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.



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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000 

WGUS64 KLIX 090340

FFSNEW

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-091000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR CODING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA

1030 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL 

MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH TONIGHT...



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...

WILKINSON...AMITE...PIKE...WALTHALL...PEARL RIVER...HANCOCK...

HARRISON AND JACKSON



THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES ALL PARISHES EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER

IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.



THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND COMMUNITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH...

BATON ROUGE...HAMMOND...BOGALUSA...SLIDELL...COVINGTON...MANDEVILLE

...WOODVILLE...LIBERTY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...NEW ORLEANS METRO

AREA...HOUMA...AND DONALDSONVILLE.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH 

AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVERS...STREAMS...BAYOUS...AND AREAS OF POOR 

DRAINAGE.



A SERIES OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE 

LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH A VERY MOIST 

AIRMASS SITUATED ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION. THE RESULT WILL BE A 

CONTINUATION OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT... MAINLY 

ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...BEFORE 

DIMINISHING TOWARD MORNING. 



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF 

SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WEST OF 

INTERSTATE 55 WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS AREAS FARTHER TO THE EAST 

AND SOUTH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR 

ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE 

PONTCHARTRAIN AND ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT.  



THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL FALL ON SOILS WHICH ARE IN SOME CASES 

NEARLY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. AS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA REPEATEDLY...HEAVY RAINFALL 

MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS...BAYOUS...SMALL STREAMS AND POORLY 

DRAINED AREAS AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. RIVER 

FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE HANDLED IN SEPARATE BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE 

NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



THE FLOOD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY OVER

PORTIONS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.



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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