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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

929 AM CDT SAT SEP 17 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 924 AM CDT...THE VERMILION PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ONLY 

  MINOR FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN GUEYDAN AND KAPLAN. 

  HOWEVER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 8 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 5 AM THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL VERY 

  SLOW-MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTH OF 

  HIGHWAY 14 WHICH WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THESE COMMUNITIES AND 

  COULD PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 2 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH WILL 

  ONLY AGGRAVATE THE MINOR FLOODING CONDITIONS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

  KAPLAN...MEAUX...ABBEVILLE...FORKED ISLAND...INTRACOASTAL 

  CITY...HENRY...  ERATH AND DELCAMBRE.



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 3011 9227 3000 9243 2957 9220 2996 9198



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