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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1155 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...DANGEROUS FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS ACROSS THE AREA...



...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT...



...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR SABINE AND NECHES RIVERS THROUGH FRIDAY...



THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON OVER EAST TEXAS WILL MEANDER

SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY. BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND

THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THEY SPIRAL AROUND THE SYSTEM.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH

THESE RAIN BANDS. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH ALREADY

SATURATED GROUNDS AND SWOLLEN DRAINAGE DITCHES...CANALS AND BAYOUS...

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...AND LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR RIVERS

AND BAYOUS.



ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE

OBSERVATIONS INDICATE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL

LOUISIANA...ESPECIALLY JUST SOUTH OF THE LAFAYETTE.



LATE LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...HEAVY RAINS FELL OVER SOUTHEAST

TEXAS WITH RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATING 6 TO

11 INCHES OF RAIN OVER JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES FROM VIDOR TO

BEAUMONT.



WATER REMAINS OVER MANY STREETS WITH SOME STILL IMPASSABLE.

MEANWHILE SOME PEOPLE HAVE EITHER BEEN RESCUED OR EVACUATED FROM

HOMES AND TRAILERS INTO SHELTERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY...AS WELL AS

VERMILION AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. MOST DEATHS WITH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



ALSO...KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES AND SEWER DRAINS.

THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO PLAY AS THEY COULD BE SWEPT AWAY FROM THE

CURRENT OF RECEDING FLOOD WATERS.



THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT THREATENS LIFE AND

PROPERTY



ALL INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS FLOODING SITUATION AND

BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.



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