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NOWNEW

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
259 PM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002

LAZ059>070-082200-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLE...HOUMA...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS
259 PM CDT TUE OCT 8 2002

.NOW...
...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM BELLE CHASSE TO
LAFITTE TO DES ALLEMANDS WILL MOVE NORTH AT 10 MPH TOWARDS THE WEST
BANK OF UPPER JEFFERSON PARISH...ALGIERS AND CHALMETTE BY 330 PM.
RAINS SHOULD MOVE INTO NEW ORLEANS BETWEEN 330 AND 4 PM. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RATES BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER
HOUR MAY PRODUCE SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS.
&&
MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO POTENTIAL STREET FLOODING
AND AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER MAY COVER THE ROADWAY DURING THE
EVENING COMMUTE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE
HOUMA AND THIBODAUX AREAS THROUGH 4 PM.

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