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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

547 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 800 AM CDT



* AT 540 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

  IN THE PINE ISLAND...RAYMOND AND HATHAWAY COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN 

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT GREATER THAN 

  6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 2 AM...AND REPEATED SHOWER AND 

  THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH 

  WHICH WOULD AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINE 

  ISLAND AND HATHAWAY.



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 3021 9299 3016 9263 3047 9262 3043 9300



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