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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1038 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERMENTAU...IOTA...CROWLEY...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELSH...JENNINGS...FENTON...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1033 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO TRAIN ACROSS

  ACADIA AND JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES BETWEEN FENTON AND CHURCH      

  POINT.   

  

  RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN   

  ACROSS THIS AREA DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3     

  INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RICHARD...

  HATHAWAY AND BRANCH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING 

AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIV YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN 

UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



LAT...LON 3019 9297 3013 9255 3028 9220 3046 9226

      3048 9267 3040 9300



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