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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

739 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER 

  OF IBERIA PARISH SINCE 630 PM. IN ADDITION...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE 

  PARISH INDICATE THAT RAINFALL ON THE ORDER OF 4 INCHES PER HOUR IS 

  OCCURRING. RADAR INDICATED PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 

  BATON ROUGE TO VERMILION BAY CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 

  MPH...WHICH WILL SPREAD THE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE 

  PARISH THROUGH THE EVENING. AS A RESULT...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 

  INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS IBERIA PARISH.



* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...

  NEW IBERIA...LYDIA BY 740 PM CDT

  JEANERETTE BY 750 PM CDT

  LOREAUVILLE BY 755 PM CDT

  LAKE FAUSSE POINTE BY 800 PM CDT



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 3000 9196 2984 9187 2994 9156 3011 9169



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