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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1040 AM CST THU DEC 13 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH

CENTRAL LOUISIANA FOR TODAY...



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING PARISHES IN LOUISIANA...



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

     CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...

     RAPIDES...VERMILION...SAINT LANDRY...UPPER AND LOWER SAINT

     MARTIN...SAINT MARY...VERNON



A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST IS

EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS EVENING.

THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MOIST UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD OVER

THE AREA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THAT WILL EXTEND SOUTHWEST FROM THE

LOW. GENERAL RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WATCH

AREA TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE

POSSIBLE.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING AND SHORTLY

AFTER HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR STREAMS...BAYOUS...AND AREAS OF

POOR DRAINAGE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD TO UNKNOWN DEPTHS.



STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE

LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING.



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