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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1155 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR CALCASIEU 

PARISH...



AT 1154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF LAKE CHARLES

AND MOSS BLUFF THIS MORNING. AT THE LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT

NEARLY 2 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING. 



NUMEROUS CARS HAVE STALLED IN THE HIGH WATER AND SOME STREETS ARE

IMPASSABLE. THIS INCLUDES SHATTUCK...OPELOUSAS...MILL AND GOOS STREETS

IN NORTH LAKE CHARLES. ALSO...IN AREAS BETWEEN I-210 AND MCNEESE STREET

IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LAKE

CHARLES AND MOSS BLUFF AREAS THROUGH 145 PM. MOST DRAINAGE DITCHES ARE 

FULL. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3008 9354 3008 9314 3039 9303 3033 9351



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