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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1140 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



...ROAD CLOSURES IN RAPIDES PARISH DUE TO HIGH WATER...



THE RAPIDES PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REPORTED SEVERAL

ROAD CLOSURES IN THE BALL...DEVILLE...AND GLENMORA AREAS. THIS WAS A

RESULT OF THE TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN OVER THE

LAST SEVERAL DAYS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY

RESULT IN A FLOOD WARNING FOR RAPIDES PARISH.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVER THE ROAD.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS FLOOD EVENT.

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