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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

659 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 900 PM CST



* AT 655 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

  THAT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU 

  AND SOUTHERN BEAUREGARD PARISHES DURING THE PAST 6 TO 8 HOURS. AN 

  ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN 

  ALLEN PARISH. NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST   

  LOUISIANA AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS 

  OF THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY ALLEN PARISH...THROUGH 9 PM. THIS 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGREVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING IN 

  THESE PARISHES.



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

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

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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



LAT...LON 3089 9258 3053 9261 3043 9314 3006 9300

          3007 9371 3043 9371 3085 9356



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