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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

355 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007



LAC003-011-071030-

ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-

355 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN BEAUREGARD AND ALLEN PARISHES...



AT 354 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A BROKEN BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE BAND EXTENDED ROUGHLY FROM RAGLEY 

TO OBERLIN...AND WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE SOUTH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL 

CELLS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST.



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

RAGLEY...AND OBERLIN. 



THE AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONGVILLE TO

OAKDALE.  RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE 

POSSIBLE IN AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3050 9263 3050 9279 3045 9278 3045 9307

      3044 9307 3043 9313 3040 9313 3040 9334

      3063 9335 3087 9296 3087 9281 3088 9281

      3089 9260 3057 9261



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