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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

1122 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INLAND FROM THE GULF. 

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER HOUR 

AND WILL TRAIN NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. RADAR ESTIMATES 6 

TO 8 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA AND THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLOODING.



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

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

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



PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...

OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2990 9193 2980 9174 2951 9127 3002 9130

      3038 9167 3038 9191 3013 9187



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