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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

936 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR JEFFERSON

DAVIS PARISH...



AT 933 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH DURING THE PAST 3 

HOURS.



BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE 

ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS SOME STREET FLOODING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...LACASSINE...WELSH...JENNINGS...AND HATHAWAY.



THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN JENNINGS HAS REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 

PARTS OF HATHAWAY AND JENNINGS.



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.



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