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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1140 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001



...URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LAFAYETTE AND VERMILION PARISHES UNTIL

3 PM...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION PARISH INTO

LAFAYETTE PARISH. RAINFALL RATES WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE BETWEEN

1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH 3 PM.



WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL GROUNDS ARE SATURATED AND MANY BAYOUS AND

DITCHES ALONG THE ROADWAYS ARE NEAR CAPACITY. THIS ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH

COVERS THE ROAD.



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