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WGUS74 KLIX 060625

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LAC103-117-060800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

124 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002



...FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING IN THE FOLSOM AREA...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...



AT 115 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER

NORTHERN ST.TAMMANY AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON PARISHES. RADAR

RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL

HAS FALLEN OVER THE FOLSOM AREA GENERALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 25 ABOVE

HIGHWAY 40. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS IN RESPONSE TO TROPICAL

DEPRESSION BERTHA CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE

FLORIDA PARISHES. FLOODING RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE

FRANKLINTON...ENON AND BOGALUSA AREAS THROUGH 3 AM.



THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA ARE LIKELY TO BE SWELLING TO

CAPACITY AT THIS TIME AND SOME LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE EXPERIENCING

FLOODING. A FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED SHORTLY.



MEANWHILE...MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER IS

COVERING THE ROADWAY...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED

OUT OR THE DEPTH OF THE WATER WILL BE UNKNOWN. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF MOVING WATER TO OVERTAKE A VEHICLE.



IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY

TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR THE LATEST

STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS.

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