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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

545 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 545 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN MARKSVILLE 

FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST 

AVOYELLES PARISH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAINFALL OF TWO TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR...WITH 

AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES POSSIBLE UNTIL THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

MOVES OUT OF THE PARISH.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

BORDELONVILLE...MARKSVILLE...MANSURA...MOREAUVILLE...AND DUPONT.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



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 3087 9219 3087 9184 3121 9172 3133 9220



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