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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1050 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 145 PM CDT



* AT 1048 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU

  PARISH THIS MORNING. ALSO...NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  AT THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT. RADAR INDICATES THAT 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH

  OUT OF THE GULF AND OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

  2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 145 PM. 



* STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF LAKE CHARLES AND

  MOSS BLUFF...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 14.



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 3008 9353 3008 9314 3033 9306 3024 9339



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