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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1200 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS FOR THE MERRYVILLE LOUISIANA AREA...



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS EASED OVER WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH...FLOOD

WATERS REMAIN HIGH IN THE MERRYVILLE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER

NORTHWEST BEAUREGARD PARISH SINCE THIS RAIN EVENT BEGAN.



THERE CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LATER TODAY

INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL FURTHER ADD TO THE DANGEROUS FLOOD

POTENTIAL THAT EXISTS.



THEREFORE...BEAUREGARD PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS ASKING FOR

VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF LOW-LYING AREAS OF MERRYVILLE. THERE WILL BE

A SHELTER OPEN AT THE MERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.



STAY TUNED TO FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS FLOOD SITUATION.



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