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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

132 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UPPER ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN VERMILION

  DURING THE PAST HOUR. NEARLY 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS

  EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 4 PM...AS THIS HEAVY RAIN BAND

  MOVES NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE...WESTERN UPPER ST. MARTIN

  AND WESTERN IBERIA PARISHES



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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