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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

520 PM 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

  CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER        

  SOUTH-CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN ASSOCIATION 

  WITH TROPICAL STORM RITA...WHICH IS NOW LOCATED 25 MILES 

  SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SHREVEPORT. THESE BANDS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 

  INCHES OF RAIN AN HOUR OVER GROUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY SATURATED.

  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA 

  THIS EVENING.            

  

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...

  LAFAYETTE...LAKE CHARLES...OPELOUSAS...AND MARKSVILLE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY

FLOOD. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND



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 2978 9369 2975 9268 2979 9117 3053 9184

      3126 9182 3145 9219 3143 9272 3105 9278

      3039 9301 3018 9354



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