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WGUS74 KLIX 292041

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS-BATON ROUGE LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL

340 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005



LAC103-117-MSC045-047-059-109-292115-

WASHINGTON LA-ST. TAMMANY LA-PEARL RIVER MS-HANCOCK MS-JACKSON MS-

HARRISON MS-

340 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR HARRISON...

JACKSON...HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES...AND ST. TAMMANY AND

WASHINGTON PARISHES...



AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A FEW LARGE BANDS OF SHOWERS TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. RADAR SHOWS RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST 

COUPLE OF HOURS AS DRIER AIR IS BEGINNING TO ENTRAIN AROUND THE 

SOUTHERN FRINGES OF KATRINA.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES 

IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 415 PM AS SOME 

PONDING OF WATER ACROSS LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE SLOW 

TO DRAIN OFF DUE TO SATURATED GROUNDS.



LAT...LON 3019 8958 3037 8841 3076 8845 3098 8945

      3099 9032 3041 9020



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