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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

224 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CALCASIEU AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES IN

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGH 330 AM CDT...



AT 220 AM CDT....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A 20 TO 30

MILE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER

EASTERN BEAUREGARD AND CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISHES EXTENDING FROM

EAST OF DE RIDDER RAGLEY TO CARLYSS. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER

HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE BAND AS IT MOVES

EAST 10 MPH.



WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL...GROUNDS ARE SATURATED AND BAYOUS AND

DITCHES ARE FULL. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE

FLOODING OF STREETS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.



MANY STREETS AND ROADWAYS WILL BECOME INUNDATED WITH THE HEAVY

RAINFALL...USE CAUTION. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DEEP

WATER THAT WILL STALL VEHICLES.



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

ROAD.



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