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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

538 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 538 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

  THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN BEAUREGARD    

  PARISH...AN AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED 10 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE   

  THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT. SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THIS AREA REMAIN  

  CLOSED THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL  

  IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 830 AM.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS.



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



LAT...LON 3088 9332 3050 9349 3042 9350 3042 9371

          3088 9354

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