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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

249 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST ACADIA 

  PARISH DURING THE PAST 3 TO 4 HOURS. HEAVY-RAIN PRODUCING 

  THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA...BUT CONTINUING LIGHT 

  TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 

  HALF-INCH OF RAIN THROUGH 6 PM.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH CROWLEY NEAR...WITH WATER UP TO 

THE HOODS OF CARS. FLOOD WATERS ARE BEGINNING TO ENTER BUILDINGS AS 

WELL. THE CONTINUING RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING 

FLOODING PROBLEMS...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.



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 3048 9223 3015 9225 3013 9259 3048 9261



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