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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

615 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CALCASIEU...ALLEN...BEAUREGARD

AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 7 PM...



ALTHOUGH RADAR SHOWS MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF IN

CALCASIEU AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE FOR

BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES

EXPECTED BY 7 PM. NEARLY 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN AS OF 6

PM AT THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT AND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF

ROAD FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECIEVED.



THE CALCASIEU PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS CONTRABAND BAYOU IN

LAKE CHARLES IS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN RECENT MEMORY. THIS WILL

AFFECT GRAVITY DRAINAGE IN MUCH OF SOUTH LAKE CHARLES. RUNOFF WILL

CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES THROUGH 630 PM. RADAR INDICATES THAT THERE

WILL BE SEVERAL HOURS OF ONLY LIGHT OR NO RAIN...HOWEVER MANY

MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN STALLING OUT VEHICLES WHEN TURNING INTO SIDE

STREETS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS

ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH WATER. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE THIS

EVENING...POSTPONE TRAVEL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED

BY HIGH WATER.



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