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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1238 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SAINT MARY

  PARISH SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG

  THE COAST AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE NOT ALLOWING WATERS IN CANALS...

  BAYOUS...AND DITCHES TO RECEDE. THEREFORE...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE

  TO OCCUR ACROSS THE PARISH. 

  

  THE HARDEST HIT AREA IS IN FRANKLIN. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED IN

  THIS AREA WITH WATER ENTERING BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 

  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO STAY OFF THE ROADS IN THE FRANKLIN AREA.



  THOSE NEEDING SAND BAGS CAN GO TO THE FRANKLIN CITY BARN AND THE

  SAINT MARY PARISH BARN. 



  OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE

  PARISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ADD TO

  THE FLOODING PROBLEM.



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

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



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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



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