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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

122 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA FROM ST. MARTINVILLE

  TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF NEW IBERIA DURING THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. 

  1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA 

  THROUGH 430 PM. THIS RAIN WILL FALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.



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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