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WGUS54 KLCH 122047

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LAC055-122345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

345 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 340 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM

  OVER YOUNGSVILLE.  THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY

  STATIONARY. RADAR INDICATES NEARLY FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  NEAR YOUNGSVILLE DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS...AND TWO TO 

  THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT THREE HOURS.



* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...

  YOUNGSVILLE BY 445 PM CDT

  BROUSSARD BY 615 PM CDT



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND

CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.



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



LAT...LON 3011 9207 3005 9197 3010 9190 3018 9196



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