Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS New Orleans, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
235 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN AMITE AND
KENTWOOD LOUISIANA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
EAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND AREAS OF RAIN WERE OCCURRING ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE. THE AREA WAS SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF STREETS OR
ROADS.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED
OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF JAKCSON TO NEAR PICAYUNE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
300 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AVOYELLES...
CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE FROM HATTISBURG MS
SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BATON ROUGE THEN NORTHWEST TO ALEXANDRIA AND FORT
POLK.  THIS AREA IS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWARD.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.  THE HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT WILL CAUSE
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS..UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING.

DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY RIVERS IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ARE AT OR NEAR
FLOOD AT THE PRESENT TIME...RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL BE SLOW.
PEOPLE ARE ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH OVER EAST CENTRAL
LOUISIANA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND WILL LIKELY DECREAE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY TONIGHT. PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER
SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED
OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
335 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...HEAVY RAINS FALLING OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER KENTWOOD LOUISIANA.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY
THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES VERY SLOWLY EAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND KENTWOOD TO
NEAR BOGALUSA. THE AREA WAS SHOWING VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AND FOR THIS
REASON WATER WILL ACCUMULATE ON STREETS AND ROADS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE
ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. KENTWOOD HAS REPORTED AROUND
TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN SINCE NOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED
OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI SOUTH OF JAKCSON TO NEAR PICAYUNE AND NEAR
THE ALABAMA STATE LINE EAST OF HATTIESBURG.#

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
446 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR TANGIPAHOA PARISH
   IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
446 PM CDT THU MAY 31 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR TANGIPAHOA PARISH
   IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
FROM NEAR FRANKLINTON SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN HAMMOND AND BATON ROUGE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON...AND
NORTHERN ST. TAMMANY PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME
HAIL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AS THE AREA DRIFTS SOUTH.
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND
LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THE HEAVIER RAINS.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND LARGE PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN
CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED EAST TO
THE LAUREL AND HATTIESBURG AREAS.