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WGUS74 KLIX 070302

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

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1000 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.



LATE THIS EVENING...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE 

DECREASED.  HOWEVER...THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH 

TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE AND 

MOVING SOUTHWEST. IT IS EXPECTED THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY 

ONCE AGAIN INCREASE OVERNIGHT IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...MAINLY 

AROUND AND SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY 

OCCUR MAINLY AROUND AND SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE. RAIN CHANCES HAVE 

DECREASED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA 

NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. HOWEVER...SEVERAL RIVERS ACROSS THIS 

AREA ARE NEAR FLOOD STAGE OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. AN ADDITIONAL INCH 

OF RAIN MAY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. 



FLOODING OF RIVERS ON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA WILL BE COVERED 

IN SEPARATE BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE 

IN SLIDELL. 



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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