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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

420 AM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 405 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

  ROADS CLOSED AROUND CALCASIEU PARISH DUE TO HEAVY RAINS WHICH 

  FELL  OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

  RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON PARTS 

  OF THE PARISH...MAINLY IN THE CARLYSS AND SULPHUR AREAS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  WESTLAKE...VINTON...SULPHUR...STARKS...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES   

  AND CARLYSS.



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.



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 3039 9372 3007 9365 3007 9300 3037 9306



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