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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

808 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELED FOR CALCASIEU PARISH...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALLEN AND BEAUREGARD PARISHES IN

CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM...



AT 8 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE CHARLES

SHOWS THAT RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED TO JUST SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS

ACROSS NORTHWEST CALCASIEU PARISH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

ACROSS THIS PART OF THE PARISH THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO

BE AROUND ONE-TENTH INCH...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LIKELY

THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CALCASIEU PARISH. THEREFORE THE

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELED. THE HEAVY RAINS OF TODAY HAVE

CAUSED FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND ALTHOUGH

THE WATER WILL BE RECEDING RESIDENTS ARE STILL URGED TO REMAIN OFF

ROADS THIS EVENING IF POSSIBLE.



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO AFFECT MOST OF BEAUREGARD AND

ALLEN PARISHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 9 PM WILL AVERAGE ONE-

QUARTER INCH...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE IN POCKETS OF HEAVIER

RAIN. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING

ACROSS THESE PARISHES. MOST OF THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF

BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES BY 9 PM.



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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