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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

900 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001



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

1000 AM...



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE CHARLES WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST

AT 15 MPH WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40

MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN OVER THE LAKE CHARLES AREA. WITH THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN

A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...CITY STREETS AND ROADS WILL HAVE

SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER OVER THEM...WHICH WILL MAKE DRIVING

DIFFICULT. AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE

REMAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR...BEFORE

EXITING TO THE EAST.



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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