Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 3, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
340 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

WILL BE BRIEF. HVY PCPN WILL END OVER MUCH OF THE CWA BY 6 PM. WILL
LOWER THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THAT TIME. WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS FOR
THE LOCAL STREET FLOODING TO SUBSIDE. RIVER AND STREAMS...WILL
HANDLE THIS WITH A SPS. MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE AND MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE. MAY HAVE TO HANDLE A SMALL PORTION OF THE
EASTERN PART OF THE CWA WITH...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON...ENOUGH
SAID.

MCB BU 050/060 037/060 035 17210
BTR BU 051/062 040/060 035 17210
MSY BU 055/065 047/063 042 17210
GPT BU 056/066 043/063 035 17310

.NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY I?N EFFECT KPQL - K7R4.
LA...NONE
MS...NONE.

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LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-040400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
345 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND OVER SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM...

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI IS MOVING NORTHEAST THIS EVENING.
INTENSE WIDESPREAD RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LOW PRESSURE
RESULTED IN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY OVER MOST OF THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED
WITH THE MORE INTENSE RAIN. NO FURTHER INTENSE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA TONIGHT.

...HEAVY RAIN FLOODING...
ALTHOUGH THE DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED AND THE RAIN IS ABOUT
OVER... RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TONIGHT
AND EARLY SUNDAY. MOST RIVERS WILL LEAVE THEIR BANKS AND MANY ROADS
IN THE AREA WILL BE FLOODED. IN SOME CASES ROADS NEAR RIVERS AND
STREAMS WILL BE IMPASSABLE. WATER WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN FROM ROAD
SURFACES AND DRIVING WILL BE DANGEROUS.

WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING HAS OCCURRED WHICH WILL ALSO BE SLOW
TO DRAIN AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
AND EARLY SUNDAY.

...ACTIONS...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PROBLEMS
ARISING FROM FLOODING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR HOME PAGE ON THE INTERNET AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LIX (ALL LETTERS
SHOULD BE LOWER CASE).

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS, LA
415 PM CST SAT MARCH 03 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 PM    BAYOU LOURSE          LA      TRAILERS BLOWN OFF
03/03/01   ASSUMPTION                     FOUNDATIONS. REPORTED BY
                                          POLICE.

0135 PM    SLIDELL                LA      TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
03/03/01   ST. TAMMANY                    BY POLICE.

MSZ081-082-040015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
545 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 45 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIBSSISSIPPI.

HARRISON...JACKSON.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF
PASCAGOULA.