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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

420 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA FROM ABBEVILLE

  TO YOUNGSVILLE TO BREAUX BRIDGE DURING THE PAST 2 TO 3 HOURS. 

  ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA

  THROUGH 730 PM.



  THERE ARE REPORTS OF NUMEROUS STREETS BEING FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE 

  ALONG WITH FLOOD WATERS ENTERING HOMES AND TRAILERS IN THIS AREA. 



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 IN YOUR AREA TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3026 9177 3010 9192 2966 9229 3021 9204

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