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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

240 AM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

NEAR FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF JEFF 

DAVIS PARISH FROM WOODLAWN TO FENTON. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE FORM AND MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS.



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



LAT...LON 3044 9300 3017 9298 3016 9262 3044 9263



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