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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1240 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED  

  THAT 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN BEAUREGARD AND

  CALCASIEU PARISHES WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO

  INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.



  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

  DANGERS OF FLOODS.



  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.



LAT...LON 3089 9321 3009 9329 3008 9371 3088 9354

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