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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

109 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



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



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

SAINT MARTIN...AND IBERIA PARISHES UNTIL 2 AM...



AT 100 AM...MANY STREETS WERE STILL CLOSED ACROSS ACADIANA...

INCLUDING THOSE IN YOUNGSVILLE...BROUSSARD...ERATH...ABBEVILLE...

AND NEW IBERIA. SOME RESIDENTS WERE AT SHELTERS DUE TO WATER IN

THEIR HOMES.



SHOWERS HAVE WEAKENED OVERNIGHT IN THE ACADIANA AREA...BUT

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. ANY

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.



PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY OFF THE ROADS TONIGHT UNTIL THE WATER

RECEDES. IF YOU MUST DRIVE...DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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

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