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WGUS74 KLCH 131918

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LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-132100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

218 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001



...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL

LOUISIANA REMAINS IN EFFECT...



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN LOUISIANA:



   ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...

   EVANGELINE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...IBERIA...LAFAYETTE...LOWER SAINT

   MARTIN...SAINT LANDRY...SAINT MARY...UPPER SAINT MARTIN...

   VERMILION...AND VERNON...



A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CLASH WITH A DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS...

GENERATING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE BETWEEN

TWO AND THREE INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER FIVE INCHES.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF

YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF

FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE

WARNINGS OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH/

REGARDING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT.

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