Opelousas, LA 70570
Last Updated: 05/24/13 20:55:50 EDT
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 AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY




FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

158 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED AN



* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLIDELL...MANDEVILLE...

HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

PEARL RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 155 PM CDT...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST

OF KILN...TO SLIDELL...TO NEAR MANDEVILLE. THE STORMS WERE

DRIFTING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS

WILL PRODUCE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME. BRIEF STREET

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SLIDELL AREA.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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