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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

355 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 700 PM CST



* AT 355 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN CALCASIEU 

PARISH. 5.17 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AT THE LAKE CHARLES 

AIRPORT. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF 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.



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



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



LAT...LON 3036 9304 3007 9300 3007 9371 3040 9372

          3039 9347 3049 9347 3049 9339 3040 9339

          3039 9316

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