STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 8 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION "ALLISON" 
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 AM EDT JUN 07 2001

TROPICAL DEPRESSION "ALLISON" WAS LOCATED NEAR 31.8N 94.9W OR JUST
NORTH OF LUFKIN, TEXAS.  THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY NORTH
WITH AN ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE REMAINING STEADY AT 1006 MB.  WINDS
NEAR THE CENTER HAVE REMAINED NEAR 10MPH. 

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE VERMILION RIVER AT LAFAYETTE,
LOUISIANA . . . FOR THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER AT COVINGTON AND TCHEFUCTE,
MISSISSIPPI . . . AND PEACH CREEK NEAR SPLENDORA . . . LUCE BAYOU CREEK
NEAR HUFFFMAN . . . BLACK CYPRESS BAYOU . . . AND LITTLE CYPRESS CREEK IN
TEXAS.  FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO FOR ST. MARTIN PARISH . . . LAFAYETTE PARISH . .
. IBERIA PARISH . . . AND VERMILION PARISH IN LOUISIANA UNTIL 700 AM EDT. 
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN TERREBONNE PARISH . . .
NORTHER LAFOURCHE PARISH . . . ST. JAMES PARISH . . . AND ST.
JOHN-THE-BAPTIST PARISH IN LOUISIANA UNTIL 615 AM  EDT.  FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS 
HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NATCHITOCHES PARISH . . . RED RIVER PARISH . . . AND SABINE
PARISH IN LOUISIANA UNTIL 900 AM EDT.  IN TEXAS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE FOR
LIBERTY COUNTY AND CHAMBERS COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM EDT.  FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES REMAIN IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF EASTERN TEXAS . . . ALL OF
LOUISIANA . . . PORTIONS OF WEST AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI . . . AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.   

SELECTED TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE WEDNESDAY MORNING INCLUDE:

TEXAS (THROUGH 2 AM EDT IN INCHES)

HUNTSVILLE....................5.22

LOUISIANA (THROUGH 2 AM EDT IN INCHES)

SLIDELL.......................6.39
BATON ROUGE...................6.50
LAFAYETTE.....................5.29
NEW ORLEANS AUDUBON...........3.74
NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT.........3.71

MISSISSIPPI (THROUGH 2 AM EDT IN INCHES)

MCCOMB........................3.97


FOR MOST OF THURSDAY THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER EAST CENTRAL TEXAS.  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN
TEXAS...SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM EDT.

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