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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

100 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 400 PM CST



* AT 100 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN PORITONS OF 

CALCASIEU PARISH...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS LAKE CHARLES. MINOR 

FLOODING OF STREETS IS ALREADY OCCURRING. RADAR INDICATES ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING INTO CALCASIEU PARISH...ADDING ANOTHER 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



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

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



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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.



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