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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1028 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  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 200 AM CDT



* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT OVER EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN ABBEVILLE...

  YOUNGSVILLE...AND NEW IBERIA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 AM.



SINCE 530 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING...YOUNGSVILLE HAS RECORDED 14 INCHES

OF RAIN.

 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY OFF AREA ROADWAYS

TONIGHT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES WHEN PEOPLE

DRIVE INTO DEEP WATER.



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



LAT...LON 2987 9226 2986 9181 3021 9164 3030 9205

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