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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

725 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

  IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION



* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA FROM

  NEAR ABBEVILLE TO YOUNGSVILLE TO BREAUX BRIDGE DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. 

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

  THROUGH 1030 PM...AS THE HEAVY RAINBAND CONTINUES TO RE-DEVELOP OVER

  THIS AREA. 



  THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING THAT HIGHWAY 90 

  BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND NEW IBERIA IS CLOSED ALONG WITH ANY ALTERNATE

  ROUTES. NUMEROUS OTHER STATE AND PARISH ROADS...STREETS AND BRIDGES

  THROUGHOUT THESE PARISHES ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  

  

  IN ADDITION...FLOOD WATERS ARE ENTERING HOMES AND TRAILERS IN THIS AREA. 

  THOSE NEEDING SAND BAG INFORMATION CAN MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND 

  TELEVISION STATIONS.



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

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

AT NIGHT



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



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



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