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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

515 PM CST FRI MAR 16 2001



...STREETS CLOSED IN RAPIDES PARISH DUE TO HIGH WATER...



FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS RAPIDES PARISH OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE

OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR THE PARISH REPORTED NUMEROUS

ROAD CLOSURES...MAINLY IN THE RURAL AREAS. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE

FLOODED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BOYCE...DEVILLE...RIGOLETTE...OAK

HILL...TIOGA AND WARDVILLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE PAST ROAD BARRICADES...OR WHERE WATER OF AN

UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

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