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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1125 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR IBERIA, LOWER 

ST. MARTIN, AND ST. MARY PARISHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



AT 1115 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE CHARLES 

SHOWED A SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS IBERIA, LOWER ST. 

MARTIN, AND ST. MARY PARISHES. PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATE 8 TO 10 

INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA. SEVERAL ROADS IN 

THIS AREA ARE UNDER WATER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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



LAT...LON 3004 9134 2957 9127 2979 9172 2999 9192



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