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LAC019-261700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

918 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1200 PM CDT



* AT 913 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM      

  VINTON TO CARLYSS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS      

  AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA.

  ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE          

  WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN ARE     

  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.



* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...

  VINTON BY 920 AM CDT

  CARLYSS BY 945 AM CDT

  SULPHUR...DE QUINCY BY 955 AM CDT

  WESTLAKE...LAKE CHARLES BY 1010 AM CDT

  IOWA BY 1015 AM CDT

  MOSS BLUFF...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT BY 1020 AM 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.



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 3008 9368 3005 9300 3038 9304 3039 9338

      3048 9339 3048 9348 3040 9347 3040 9372



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