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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
930 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

LAZ034>037-046>050-MSZ068-069-031600-
AMITE-ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-LIVINGSTON-
POINTE COUPEE-ST HELENA-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
930 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008

...A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS APPROACHING BATON ROUGE AND SOUTH
MISSISSIPPI...

AT 930 AM...REGIONAL RADARS INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND A
FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM JACKSON...MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI TO LAFAYETTE. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...MAINLY POINTS
AROUND AND NORTH OF BATON ROUGE. SOME AREAS...JUST NORTH AND WEST OF
BATON ROUGE AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 10 TO 15
INCHES OF RAIN. SATURATED GROUNDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING.
RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND BATON ROUGE AND IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI WILL
LIKELY EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF RAIN THROUGH 11 PM AND FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP
THEM AWAY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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