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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

921 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR CALCASIEU...LAFAYETTE...

UPPER SAINT MARTIN...AND IBERIA PARISHES UNTIL 1130 PM...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST

AT 15 MPH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. AS OF 912 PM

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF

LAFAYETTE...UPPER SAINT MARTIN AND IBERIA PARISH. ALSO 2 TO 3 INCHES

OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU PARISH.



AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE LAKE CHARLES

AREA WHILE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER ACADIANA

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF

STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. RUNOFF WILL PROLONG THE FLOODING.



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

THE ROAD.



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SWEENEY

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