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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

116 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE CHARLES...MOVING   

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SECTIONS

  OF LAKE CHARLES. 



  MANY ROADWAYS ALREADY HAVE WATER COVERING THEM WITH SOME CARS STALLED

  OUT DUE TO THE HIGH WATER. 



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOSS

  BLUFF AND LEBLEU SETTLEMENT.



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.



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



LAT...LON 3021 9335 3009 9319 3027 9305 3038 9320



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