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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

949 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 942 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN VERMILION 

PARISH DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. ANOTHER 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND

CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.



CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3008 9204 2970 9201 2976 9246 3013 9225

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