Special Weather Statement

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LAZ056-057-059-202345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
549 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2008

...CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AFFECTING ASSUMPTION
PARISH...ST. JAMES PARISH...LAFOURCHE PARISH...

AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THIBODAUX TO
LABADIEVILLE TO DONALDSONVILLE TO JUST WEST OF CONVENT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING
ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING.

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