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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

516 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR

ACADIA... LAFAYETTE... SAINT LANDRY... AND UPPER SAINT MARTIN

PARISHES THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING...



...A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE

FOLLOWING PARISHES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



ACADIA... EVANGELINE... IBERIA... LAFAYETTE... LOWER SAINT

MARTIN...SAINT LANDRY...SAINT MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN AND VERMILION



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SOME HEAVY

RAINS UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS

OVER PARTS OF ACADIA... LAFAYETTE... SAINT LANDRY AND UPPER SAINT

MARTIN PARISHES. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED PONDING OF WATER ON

ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION

WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD MAKE PLANS

FOR MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING THREATENS THEIR AREAS.



RAIN IS TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THAT AREA AT THE PRESENT

TIME BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD DEVELOP OVER COASTAL AREAS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND MOVE NORTH OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH

EARLY MORNING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS

THE ROAD.



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



LAT...LON 3004 9134 2957 9127 2979 9172 2999 9192



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WGUS74 KLCH 101017

FFSLCH

LAC001-039-055-097-099-101300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

516 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004



...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR

ACADIA... LAFAYETTE... SAINT LANDRY... AND UPPER SAINT MARTIN

PARISHES THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING...



...A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE

FOLLOWING PARISHES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



ACADIA... EVANGELINE... IBERIA... LAFAYETTE... LOWER SAINT

MARTIN...SAINT LANDRY...SAINT MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN AND VERMILION



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES SOME HEAVY

RAINS UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS

OVER PARTS OF ACADIA... LAFAYETTE... SAINT LANDRY AND UPPER SAINT

MARTIN PARISHES. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED PONDING OF WATER ON

ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION

WHERE WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD MAKE PLANS

FOR MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING THREATENS THEIR AREAS.



RAIN IS TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THAT AREA AT THE PRESENT

TIME BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD DEVELOP OVER COASTAL AREAS OF

SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND MOVE NORTH OVER THE SAME AREA THROUGH

EARLY MORNING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS

THE ROAD.



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



LAT...LON 3004 9134 2957 9127 2979 9172 2999 9192



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