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LAZ041-311400-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

755 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU PARISH UNTIL 9 AM...



NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE

TO MOVE ACROSS CALCASIEU PARISH. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE AND

TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 9 AM.



WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL GROUNDS ARE SATURATED AND MANY DRAINAGE 

COULEES AND DITCHES ALONG ROADWAYS ARE NEAR CAPACITY. THIS ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



THE CALCASIEU OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REPORTS SEVERAL AREAS

OF KIRKMAN AND ENTERPRISE IN LAKE CHARLES HAVE VERY DEEP WATER ON IT

AND SEVERAL STALLED VEHICLES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS

THE ROAD.



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