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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

625 AM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 620 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS

  ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING... 

  AMBASSADOR CAFFREY ROAD NEAR ERATH LANDRY ROAD AND HIGHWAY 182 

  NORTH OF BUTCHER SWITCH ROAD IN LAFAYETTE PARISH...INTERSECTION OF 

  HIGHWAYS 347 AND 352 NEAR HENDERSON IN ST. MARTIN PARISH...HIGHWAY 

  190 WEST OF OPELOUSAS AND NEAR LAWTELL AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 749 

  NORTH OF 190 NEAR OPELOUSAS IN ST. LANDRY PARISH. DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

  PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL 

  THUNDERSTORMS PASSING OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE 

  THE CURRENT FLOODING CONDITIONS AS WELL AS CREATE ADDITIONAL 

  FLOODING.



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

  YOUNGSVILLE...SUNSET...ST. MARTINVILLE...OPELOUSAS...LEONVILLE...

  LAFAYETTE...HENDERSON...GRAND COTEAU...CECILIA...CATAHOULA...

  CARENCRO...BUTTE LA ROSE...BROUSSARD...BREAUX BRIDGE AND

  ARNAUDVILLE.



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 3055 9218 3008 9210 3013 9145 3046 9149



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