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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

928 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRING IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION...LAFAYETTE...UPPER

SAINT MARTIN...AND IBERIA PARISHES UNTIL 1030 PM...



AT 900 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A BAND OF 

HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MARSH 

ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.



WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN LAFAYETTE 

PARISH. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS...PEOPLE 

ARE BEING RESCUED IN THE YOUNGSVILLE AND BROUSSARD AREAS...WHERE 

MOST ROADS ARE COMPLETELY FLOODED. HIGHWAYS 90 AND 182 BETWEEN 

LAFAYETTE AND NEW IBERIA ARE STILL CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.



IN VERMILION PARISH...17 FAMILES WERE EVACUATED IN THE ERATH AREA 

DUE TO HIGH WATER. AROUND EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 

ABBEVILLE AND ERATH TODAY. MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED IN ERATH AND SOUTH 

OF ABBEVILLE.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY OFF 

THE ROADS TONIGHT UNTIL THE WATER BEGINS TO RECEDE. DO NOT DRIVE 

YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 337-477-5285.



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R. ERICKSON

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