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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

827 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 825 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS BEAUREGARD PARISH BETWEEN

  MERRYVILLE AND FIELDS DURING THE PAST 3 TO 4 HOURS. 1 TO 3 INCHES 

  OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 

  1130 AM.



  FLOOD WATERS ARE BEGINNING TO ENTER HOMES IN THE MERRYVILLE AREA.

  ALSO...NUMEROUS STREETS ARE REPORTED UNDERWATER AND WILL BE 

  IMPASSABLE. 



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

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



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND

CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.



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



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