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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

715 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 1100 AM CDT



* AT 710 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS

  ROADS STILL CLOSED ACROSS CALCASIEU PARISH...AS WELL AS NEW 

  CLOSURES IN THE MOSS BLUFF AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS OF 

  OVERNIGHT ENDED HOURS AGO...THE WATERS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE THIS 

  MORNING AND THE FLOOD WARNING FOR CALCASIEU PARISH IS BEING 

  EXTENDED.



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

  WESTLAKE...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.



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



LAT...LON 3036 9370 3009 9366 3008 9303 3037 9305



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