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WGUS74 KLIX 060849

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

345 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002



...ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO HEAVILY HIT

   FOLSOM AND FRANKLINTON AREAS...

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



AT 340 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL REDEVELOPING

OVER TANGIPAHOA PARISH AND MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ST. TAMMANY PARISH

AND LOWER WASHINGTON PARISH. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED AN

ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH DAYBREAK.



AT THIS TIME THE ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED

QUITE A BIT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER IN THE FOLSOM AREA ALONG HIGHWAY

25 INTO WASHINGTON PARISH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 40 TOWARDS ISABEL. WHILE

NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT THIS TIME...THEY HAVE STATED THAT

DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE TREACHEROUS DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN

THAT AREA AND THAT LARGE PUDDLES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS

WERE OCCURRING.



THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING

BANKFULL AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY FOR THE

BOGUE FALAYA RIVER. PERSONS ALONG AND NEAR THE BOGUE FALAYA

RIVER SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND BE PREPARED TO

TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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.



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

STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

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