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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

941 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FRIDAY FOR THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND FOR

THE LOUISIANA PARISHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10...



A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN

LOUISIANA:



VERNON...RAPIDES...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...EVANGELINE AND

ST. LANDRY.



A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST

TEXAS:



TYLER...JASPER...NEWTON AND HARDIN.



A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL

LOUISIANA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. GULF AIR WILL ADVANCE INTO THE

COASTAL STATES...GLIDING OVER THE COOL FILM OF AIR AT THE SURFACE.

WIDESPREAD OVERRUNNING RAINS WILL RESULT. PACIFIC DISTURBANCES ALOFT

WILL PASS OVER THE UPGLIDING GULF AIR...SETTING OFF EMBEDDED SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT AVERAGE 24-HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS ENDING

FRIDAY EVENING...TO RANGE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES. ISOLATED TOTALS

EXCEEDING 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A SURGE OF COOLER AIR WILL PUSH THE

STATIONARY FRONT INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA BY SATURDAY MORNING.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE

WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK

ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS

FLOOD EVENT.

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