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WGUS74 KLCH 300337

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1035 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



LAC055-300600-

LAFAYETTE LA-

1035 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS EXPIRED...



MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THAT SOME ROADS AROUND THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE 

REMAIN FLOODED AND CLOSED. THE RAINFALL WHICH CAUSED THE FLOODING 

HAS DEPARTED THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. 

THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



AREA RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT DESPITE THE RAIN ENDING...IT WILL 

STILL TAKE A FEW MORE HOURS FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE TO SAFE LEVELS.



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 300337

FFSLCH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1035 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



LAC055-300600-

LAFAYETTE LA-

1035 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS EXPIRED...



MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THAT SOME ROADS AROUND THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE 

REMAIN FLOODED AND CLOSED. THE RAINFALL WHICH CAUSED THE FLOODING 

HAS DEPARTED THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. 

THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



AREA RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED THAT DESPITE THE RAIN ENDING...IT WILL 

STILL TAKE A FEW MORE HOURS FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE TO SAFE LEVELS.



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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