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LAC051-089-151515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

940 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND ST.

CHARLES PARISHES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...



AT 935 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD MOVED

NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON AND ST. CHARLES PARISHES. RADAR RAINFALL

ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN

THIS MORNING IN MUCH OF JEFFERSON PARISH WHILE TWO TO FIVE INCHES

OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AREAS OF ST. CHARLES PARISH. ADDITIONAL

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR NOW...SOME PONDING OF

WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL PERSIST. MOTORISTS

SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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