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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

930 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 929 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

 AND OBSERVATIONS REPORT THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

 PORTIONS OF SAINT MARY PARISH...ESPECIALLY THE FRANKLIN AREA...DURING 

 THE PAST 2 TO 3 HOURS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED

 IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1230 PM.



* FRANKLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED...ALONG 

  WITH WATER ENTERING BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN FRANKLIN.

 

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

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



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