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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

545 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR LAFAYETTE... 

ST. LANDRY...AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES...



AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR...AND 4 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS...OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PORTIONS OF ST. LANDY PARISH...THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LAFAYETTE 

AND ST. MARTIN PARISHES. THE HARDEST HIT AREAS SEEM TO BE RIGHT ALONG 

AND JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND INCLUDE 

CARENCRO...SUNSET...CECILIA...BREAUX BRIDGE... AND HENDERSON.



ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MEDIA REPORTS...MANY ROADS ARE 

CLOSED AND UNDERWATER IN THESE AREAS. ALSO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE HAS RECIEVED A REPORT OF WATER ENTERING TRAILERS IN THE 

CARENCRO AREA.



ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN PORTIONS 

OF ST. MARTIN PARISH THROUGH 730 PM...WHILE THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO 

TAPER OFF IN LAFAYETTE AND ST. LANDRY PARISHES. 



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVER ROADWAYS. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. ALSO...THE WAKE CAUSED BY DRIVING THROUGH THE 

WATER WILL PUT WATER INTO HOMES AND TRAILERS. 



LAT...LON 3053 9221 3043 9215 3029 9213 3017 9222

          3025 9196 3042 9197 3045 9184 3057 9184

          3076 9192 3066 9216



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