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LAZ044-053-311700-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1000 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2001



...HEAVY RAINS OCCURRING OVER LAFAYETTE AND IBERIA PARISHES...



OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS...TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF IBERIA PARISH NEAR NEW IBERIA...AND UP TO

TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH NEAR

SCOTT AND DUSON.



DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SLOWLY OVER THE

SAME AREAS...AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE

SAME AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. LAFAYETTE AND NEW

IBERIA ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.



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

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

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