000 FPUS74 KLIX 261512 NOWNEW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1010 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2002 LAZ037-046>050-056-057-261630- ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-IBERVILLE-LIVINGSTON-ST HELENA- ST JAMES-WEST BATON ROUGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BATON ROUGE 1010 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2002 .NOW... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INTENSIFIED JUST EAST OF THE BATON ROUGE METRO AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND TRACK OVER DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS... GONZALES AND OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES BETWEEN RESERVE AND BATON ROUGE THROUGH 11 AM. ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 3 INCHES THIS MORNING. $$