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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

200 PM CDT THU SEP 26 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST

LOUISIANA...COASTAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN CANCELED...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ST TAMMANY

PARISH UNTIL 3 PM CDT AND JEFFERSON PARISH UNTIL 4 PM CDT...



THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR ALL PARISHES EAST OF THE

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. IN MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE

BEEN CLEARED...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...WILKINSON...AMITE...

PIKE AND WALTHALL.



THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE HAS

DIMINISHED. HOWEVER EXTENSIVE RUNOFF AND DRAINAGE WILL CAUSE

MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS TO BE SWOLLEN OR TO FLOOD. REFER TO THE

LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON THE VARIOUS

RIVERS AND CREEKS FORECASTED.



LOCAL TIDAL SURGE FLOODING IS STILL AFFECTING THE NORTHSHORE

COMMUNITY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SLIDELL ALONG HIGHWAY 11.

WATERS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH CONDITIONS

RETURNING TO NORMAL AFTER 6 PM.



IN JEFFERSON PARISH SEVERAL HOMES WERE STILL FLOODED IN SOME AREAS

BUT WATERS WILL BE RECEDING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.



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

STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS.

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