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WGUS74 KLCH 181945

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

245 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



LAC019-182115-

CALCASIEU LA-

245 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL

CALCASIEU PARISH...



AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTLAKE...

STARKS...LAKE CHARLES AND MOSS BLUFF.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND 

NORTH LAKE CHARLES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN VINTON AND STARKS TO DE QUINCY...AS 

WELL AS MOSS BLUFF TO GILLIS THROUGH 415 PM.



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDERWATER IN CENTRAL AND NORTH LAKE CHARLES. CARS 

ARE STALLED OUT AND SUBMERGED IN SOME LOCATIONS IN LAKE CHARLES. ALSO...

WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED COMING INTO THE GYM OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES.



FOR CALCASIEU PARISH...SAND AND SAND BAGS ARE LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS:



WESTSIDE-POST OAK ROAD PAVILION OFF SWISCO ROAD.

EASTSIDE-PARISH BARN ACROSS FROM ANIMAL CONTROL ON SWIFT PLANT ROAD.

MOSS BLUFF-PARISH ROAD NORTH OF LIBRARY.

LEBLEU SETTLEMENT-OFF 3059 ON PARISH BARN ROAD.

BELL CITY-HIGHWAY 14 AT HOMEWOOD TURN OFF.

THESE FACILITIES ARE NOT MANNED. THEREFORE...THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE TO

FILL SAND BAGS THEMSELVES.



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 3016 9367 3009 9319 3027 9305 3042 9333

      3038 9368



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000 

WGUS74 KLCH 182004

FFSLCH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

245 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



LAC019-182115-

CALCASIEU LA-

245 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL

CALCASIEU PARISH...



AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTLAKE...

STARKS...LAKE CHARLES AND MOSS BLUFF.



DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND 

NORTH LAKE CHARLES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN VINTON AND STARKS TO DE QUINCY...AS 

WELL AS MOSS BLUFF TO GILLIS THROUGH 415 PM.



NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDERWATER IN CENTRAL AND NORTH LAKE CHARLES. CARS 

ARE STALLED OUT AND SUBMERGED IN SOME LOCATIONS IN LAKE CHARLES. ALSO...

WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED COMING INTO THE GYM OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN LAKE CHARLES.



FOR CALCASIEU PARISH...SAND AND SAND BAGS ARE LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING 

LOCATIONS:



WESTSIDE-POST OAK ROAD PAVILION OFF SWISCO ROAD.

EASTSIDE-PARISH BARN ACROSS FROM ANIMAL CONTROL ON SWIFT PLANT ROAD.

MOSS BLUFF-PARISH ROAD NORTH OF LIBRARY.

LEBLEU SETTLEMENT-OFF 3059 ON PARISH BARN ROAD.

BELL CITY-HIGHWAY 14 AT HOMEWOOD TURN OFF.

THESE FACILITIES ARE NOT MANNED. THEREFORE...THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE TO

FILL SAND BAGS THEMSELVES.



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 3016 9367 3009 9319 3027 9305 3042 9333

      3038 9368



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