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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

600 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTLAKE...SULPHUR...MOSS BLUFF...

  LAKE CHARLES...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH THREE 

  TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO  

  THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS STORMS MOVE    

  SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LEBLEU

  SETTLEMENT.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3007 9347 3006 9301 3036 9302 3036 9346



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K. KUYPER

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