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WGUS74 KLIX 180027

FFSNEW

MSC005-180100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

726 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR AMITE COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM 

CDT...



AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF AMITE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH 

RAINFALL INTENSITY HAD DECREASED...EARLIER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 

TO 6 INCHES FROM JUST EAST OF LIBERTY TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF SMITHDALE 

WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO PERSIST IN SOME LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH 8 PM.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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