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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

740 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2006



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BEAUREGARD LA-CALCASIEU LA-

740 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR CALCASIEU AND

BEAUREGARD PARISHES...



AT 736 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST AT 

35 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE LAKE CHARLES AREA 

AND EAST OF BEAUREGARD PARISH. HOWEVER...SOME FLASH FLOODING IS 

STILL POSSIBLE AS THE RAIN RUNS OFF OF SATURATED GROUND.



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

SINGER...MERRYVILLE...LONGVILLE...DRY CREEK AND DE RIDDER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3074 9359 3007 9371 3006 9304 3037 9305

      3037 9314 3061 9314 3061 9298 3085 9299

      3086 9339 3086 9353



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