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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

240 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU PARISH UNTIL

430 PM...



SO FAR TODAY...OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE LAKE CHARLES

REGIONAL AIRPORT. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS

EXTENDING FROM MOSS BLUFF SOUTHWEST TO LAKE CHARLES THROUGH

NORTHERN CAMERON PARISH NEAR HACKBERRY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH...OVER THE SAME AREAS

WHERE RAIN HAS FALLEN BEFORE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS

LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS OVER LAKE CHARLES AND

VICINITY. AS A RESULT...LOW LYING STREETS AND AREA ROADS WILL HAVE

SOME FLOODING DUE TO THE QUICK RATES OF THE RAINFALL. IF CONDITIONS

CONTINUE TO WORSEN...A FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED.



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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