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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

528 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



LAC019-191245-

CALCASIEU LA-

528 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL

CALCASIEU PARISH...



AT 523 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF CALCASIEU PARISH. RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE WITH STRONGER 

STORMS UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WITH RAINFALL TOTALS THUS FAR FROM 4 

TO 8 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE PARISH. WATER CONTINUES TO BE 

REPORTED ACROSS MANY AREA ROADWAYS...WITH SOME ISOLATED REPORTS OF 

WATER ENTERING BUSINESSES AND HOMES IN THE SULPHUR...WESTLAKE AND 

LAKE CHARLES AREA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE 

WARNED AREA...BUT DUE TO THE LIMITED MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM HIGHER 

AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.



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 3008 9343 3009 9304 3037 9304 3038 9341



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