621 FPUS74 KLIX 261156 NOWNEW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 655 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2002 LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-261330- AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE- LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE- ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY- TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON- WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATON ROUGE...BOGALUSA...GRAND ISLE... HAMMOND...HOUMA...MCCOMB...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS...SLIDELL 655 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2002 .NOW... AN AREA OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN LOCATED MAINLY TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 AND BETWEEN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 9 AM WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. $$