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WGUS74 KLIX 062253

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

157-070330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

550 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

   PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND FOR THE RIVER AND FLORIDA 

   PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



THE FLOOD WATCH COVERS THE AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DONALDSONVILLE 

TO SLIDELL IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTH TO ALONG AND SOUTH OF 

LINE FROM WOODVILLE TO TYLERTOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.



IN THE PAST 18 HOURS PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA HAVE RECEIVED 3 TO 5 

INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES MAINLY IN PIKE COUNTY 

OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST FELICIANA...ST. HELENA...LIVINGSTON

...ST. TAMMANY AND WASHINGTON PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL 

LOUISIANA.



LATE THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WERE DECREASING. HOWEVER THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH 

TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE 

AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HOWEVER IT IS EXPECTED THAT SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TONIGHT IN COVERAGE AND 

INTENSITY. CURRENT GUIDANCE AND LATEST OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THE 

REMNANTS OF BERTHA WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT SOUTHWEST TO NEAR OR JUST 

SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES WEDNESDAY MORNING.  LATEST HEAVY RAINFALL 

TECHNIQUES INDICATED AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OR 

GREATER IS POSSIBLE WITHIN OR NEAR THE FLOOD WATCH AREA TONIGHT. 



SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN EAST FELICIANA AND ST. HELENA 

WHERE SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAD BEEN CLOSED. FLOODING OF RIVERS 

ON THE NORTH SHORE WILL BE COVERED IN SEPARATE BULLETINS ISSUED BY 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN SLIDELL. FLOODING OF ROADS 

WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE FOLSOM AREA THIS MORNING. 



PERSONS ALONG AND NEAR RIVERS THAT ARE ALREADY FLOODING OR WILL SOON 

BE IN FLOOD 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.



ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.



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

STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

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