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LAC113-050215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

459 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 915 PM CDT



* AT 449 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

RADAR ESTIMATES OF 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FROM NEAR 

GUEYDAN TO KAPLIN TO MAURICE. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 

CLOSED IN THIS AREA AND SAND BAGS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE 

MAURICE AREA ACCORDING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.   



RAINS HAVE TEMPORARILY ENDED BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN THIS EVENING 

WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ADDITIONAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3004 9241 2997 9199 3004 9196 3008 9207

      3013 9209 3015 9227



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