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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

816 AM CST WED MAR 28 2001



...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND

SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



PERSISTENT MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO

CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

SINCE TUESDAY EVENING TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS

MUCH OF THE AREA. RADAR INDICATES AMOUNTS TO 6 INCHES OR MORE

HAVE OCCURRED NEAR THE COAST. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MODERATE TO

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM EASTERN PARTS OF CAMERON AND CALCASIEU

PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EAST INTO EASTERN PARTS OF SAINT

MARY...UPPER AND LOWER SAINT MARTIN...AND IBERIA PARISHES IN SOUTH

CENTRAL LOUISIANA. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS

THROUGH MID DAY WHILE TAPERING OFF SLOWLY FROM THE WEST.



AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OR MORE OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF

THIS AREA. LOW AREA AND STREET FLOODING IS ONGOING IN THE AREA OR

WILL LIKELY RESULT FROM THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS. THE MAIN THREAT

FROM THIS RAIN IS STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND

LOW LYING AREAS.



BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING...AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH WATERS OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.

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