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WGUS54 KLCH 170104

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

758 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 754 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING WITH A LINE        

  OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALEXANDRIA TO OAKDALE TO KINDER. THIS LINE   

  WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF    

  RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6      

  INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF RAPIDES AND EVANGELINE PARISHES. AN        

  ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM.



* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...

  TURKEY CREEK BY 800 PM CDT

  LECOMPTE BY 805 PM CDT

  CHENEYVILLE BY 810 PM CDT

  ECHO...BUNKIE BY 815 PM CDT

  HESSMER BY 825 PM CDT

  MARKSVILLE...MANSURA BY 830 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.



CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3087 9295 3045 9303 3046 9279 3057 9270

      3074 9238 3108 9201 3129 9204 3141 9247

      3139 9265 3142 9282 3110 9280 3087 9280



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