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WGUS74 KLCH 300144

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

845 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



LAC055-300330-

LAFAYETTE LA-

845 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR LAFAYETTE

PARISH...



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

FROM THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS FROM THE 

SURROUNDING AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOW THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF 

LAFAYETTE PARISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHILE OBSERVATIONS 

INDICATE TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. THE MAJORITY OF THE SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH AFFECTED THE AREA HAS NOW MOVED ON TO 

THE EAST OF THE PARISH...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE 

EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. HOWEVER THE CURRENT FLOODING IS LIKELY TO 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR 

SO.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3020 9222 3010 9207 3016 9193 3037 9199



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000 

WGUS74 KLCH 300144

FFSLCH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

845 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



LAC055-300330-

LAFAYETTE LA-

845 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR LAFAYETTE

PARISH...



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED 

FROM THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS FROM THE 

SURROUNDING AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

SHOW THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF 

LAFAYETTE PARISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHILE OBSERVATIONS 

INDICATE TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. THE MAJORITY OF THE SHOWER AND 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH AFFECTED THE AREA HAS NOW MOVED ON TO 

THE EAST OF THE PARISH...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE 

EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. HOWEVER THE CURRENT FLOODING IS LIKELY TO 

CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR 

SO.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3020 9222 3010 9207 3016 9193 3037 9199



$$



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