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LAZ041-311600-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

840 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU PARISH UNTIL 11 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 11 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.



MANY STREETS AND ROADWAYS MAY BECOME INUNDATED WITH THE HEAVY

RAINFALL...USE CAUTION. 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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