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WGUS74 KLIX 061622

FFSNEW

LAC005-033-037-047-063-077-091-103-105-117-121-125-MSC005-113-147-

157-062130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1125 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002



...ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER HEAVILY HIT

   FOLSOM AND NORTHERN ST TAMMANY PARISH THIS MORNING...

...TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE OCCURRING OVER EAST FELICIANA...WESTERN

   LIVINGSTON AND WESTERN ST HELENA PARISHES...

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



AT 11 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL DEVELOPING

OVER OVER EAST FELICIANA... AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF LIVINGSTON AND ST

HELENA PARISHES. MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN NORTHERN ST

TAMMANY PARISH.



ST TAMMANY PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REPORTED ROADS

WERE FLOODED IN THE FOLSOM AREA THIS MORNING. WATER FROM THE BOGUE

FALAYA RIVER WAS GETTING CLOSE TO A BRIDGE ON A HIGHWAY JUST EAST OF

FOLSOM EARLIER THIS MORNING.



THE STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING BANKFULL

AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE BOGUE FALAYA

RIVER...BOGUE CHITTO RIVER ...TCHEFUNCTE RIVER. PERSONS ALONG AND

NEAR THESE 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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