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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

600 AM CDT THU JUN 7 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 900 AM CDT



* AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE AREA AT THIS TIME.  THIS SHOULD 

CAUSE THE WATER TO RISE CAUSING MORE FLOODING IN MANY HOUSES IN THE 

AREA.    



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DECREASE OVER THE AREA THIS 

MORNING CAUSING THE WATER TO RECEDE LATER TODAY.  

 

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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