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WGUS74 KLIX 062001

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LAC075-087-062300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

300 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2003



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 6

   PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOWER PLAQUEMINES AND LOWER SAINT

   BERNARD PARISHES...



THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MYRTLE GROVE...POINTE A LA HACHE...PORT

SULFUR...YSCLOSKEY AND OTHER NEIGHBORING CITES IN LOWER PLAQUEMINES

AND LOWER SAINT BERNARD PARISHES.



AT 300 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL

FROM THE MISSISSIPPI COAST TO LOWER SAINT BERNARD AND LOWER

PLAQUEMINES. IN ADDITION...RADAR ESTIMATED A SWATH OF 4 TO 6 INCHES

OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTH OF YSCLOSKEY TO MYRTLE GROVE. AN

ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 PM ACROSS THE

ADVISED AREA AND LINGERING EFFECTS OF TEMPORARY FLOODING OF

SECONDARY ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 6 PM.



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.

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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