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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

400 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL

   LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THURSDAY

   NIGHT...



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING DUE

TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA.



TORRENTIAL TROPICAL RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACHING HURRICANE LILI

WILL PROVIDE A THREAT OF FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL

AMOUNTS GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED MAINLY WEST OF

I-55 FROM MCCOMB TO LAPLACE TO HOUMA WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY 3 TO 6

INCHES POSSIBLE TO THE EAST OF I-55.



THE SOILS REMAIN VERY SATURATED FOLLOWING THE VERY HEAVY RAINS

ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE LAST WEEK. THEREFORE...HEAVY

RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH LILI...OCCURRING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME

...WILL IMMEDIATELY RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF INTO ALREADY SWOLLEN

CREEKS...RIVERS AND BAYOUS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS

OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS

POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION.



FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX

(ALL LOWER CASE).

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