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WGUS74 KLIX 051651

FFSNEW

MSC113-051730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO

   EXPIRE AT NOON CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT...



THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS ABATED

WITH GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING OVER MUCH OF PIKE COUNTY AT 1145

AM. RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WILKINSON COUNTY AND EAST-

CENTRAL LOUISIANA THAT MAY MOVE INTO PIKE COUNTY DURING THE

AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE REISSUANCE OF WARNINGS IF HEAVY RAINS REDEVELOP IN

PIKE COUNTY.



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