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FPUS74 KLIX 202327
NOWNEW

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
627 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2003

LAZ061>064-210019-
ORLEANS-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS
627 PM CDT TUE MAY 20 2003

.NOW...
THROUGH 720 PM CDT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND NORTHEAST ABOUT 10 MPH ACROSS THE
NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS HAS MOVED INTO THE
CBD AND OUT INTO EASTERN NEW ORLEANS.  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
WILL BE LIKELY IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME STREET
FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN WITH WINDS TO 30 MPH LIKELY.

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