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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

844 AM CDT WED OCT 9 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 145 PM CDT



* AT 842 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL SAINT MARY 

  PARISH NEAR AND SOUTH OF FRANKLIN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. 

  TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA 

  THROUGH 11.



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

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



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES SHOULD

BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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



LAT...LON 2984 9145 2962 9129 2956 9169 2987 9162



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