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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1255 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



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



...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT...



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



THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON NEAR COLLEGE STATION TEXAS

WILL MEANDER SLOWLY SOUTH TOWARDS THE COAST THIS WEEKEND. 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.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT THREATENS LIFE AND PROPERTY



PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS NEAR RISING RIVERS AND BAYOUS SHOULD BE

PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.



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

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

CURRENT OF FLOOD WATERS.



ALSO...MANY STREETS ARE WATER COVERED AND SOME ARE IMPASSABLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

MOST DEATHS WITH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



ALL INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS FLOODING SITUATION AND

LISTEN FOR WARNINGS.



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