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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1100 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR ST. MARY PARISH UNTIL 1230 PM...



AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF SAINT

MARY PARISH DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN OBSERVATION SITE IN PATTERSON

HAS REPORTED 6.05 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 5 AM WITH 4.37 INCHES FALLING

BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM. 



THIS RAINFALL HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF SAINT

MARY PARISH. THE WORST OF THE FLOODING SO FAR...THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...IS IN THE FRANKLIN AREA. FLOOD WATER HAS

ENTERED BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ACCORDING TO THE FRANKLIN POLICE

DEPARTMENT. THE MAYOR OF FRANKLIN IS ASKING ALL MOTORISTS TO STAY OFF THE

ROADS IN THE FRANKLIN AREA UNTIL THE WATER HAS RECEDED. 



RADAR INDICATES ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE 

PARISH OFF THE GULF WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH 

1230 PM.

 

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 FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



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