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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

255 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE...VERMILION...

AND UPPER SAINT MARTIN PARISHES UNTIL 5 PM...



AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A BAND OF

HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM THE GULF INTO EASTERN VERMILION

PARISH...LAFAYETTE PARISH AND WESTERN UPPER SAINT MARTIN PARISH.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN IN THE PAST ONE TO TWO HOURS AS THIS BAND HAS MOVED SLOWLY

THROUGH THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AMOUNTS ARE IN A SWATH FROM

ABBEVILLE TO THE EAST SIDE OF LAFAYETTE TO BREAUX BRIDGE.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS

THROUGH 5 PM.



THE HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH POOR DRAINAGE DUE TO WATER PILING

ALONG THE COAST FROM SOUTH WINDS AND HIGH TIDES WILL CREATE THE

POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY STREETS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...

BAYOUS AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION.



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