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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1034 AM CST THU FEB 5 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM CST FOR AVOYELLES

PARISH...



AT 1028 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS AVOYELLES PARISH DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS.



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

ACROSS AVOYELLES PARISH DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RUNOFF FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG 

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

WATER HAS BEEN APPROACHING HOMES IN MARKSVILLE AND MANSURA...AND 

FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN SIMMESPORT...BUNKIE... AND BORDELONVILLE.



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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