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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

240 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VERMILION AND IBERIA PARISHES HAS

EXPIRED...



AS OF 2 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL

OVER PORTIONS OF VERMILION PARISH AND 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL

OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN IBERIA PARISH. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE

MAURICE AREA WITH WATER POSSIBLY IN A FEW HOMES. IN COTEAU...WATER

WAS TO THE EDGE OF HOMES IN ONE AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS HAD WATER OVER

THEM...MOST NAMELY LOUISIANA HIGHWAYS 82 IN THE PERRY AREA AND 88

IN COTEAU. NO ROAD CLOSURES WERE REPORTED.



LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER VERMILION

AND IBERIA PARISHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF UP TO ONE-QUARTER INCH

CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD

NOT AGGRAVATE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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