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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1214 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007



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AVOYELLES LA-

1214 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH...



AT 1211 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HIGH WATER OVER HIGHWAY 114 SOUTH 

OF HESSMER WITH SOME WATER ON SEVERAL STREETS THROUGH-OUT THE PARISH.

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT THE IMMEDIATE AREA...MOTORISTS 

SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AS THE HIGH WATER ACROSS THE

ROADWAYS SLOWLY RECEDE.



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

MOREAUVILLE...MARKSVILLE...MANSURA...COTTONPORT AND BORDELONVILLE



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 3086 9214 3086 9184 3096 9181 3111 9172

      3115 9217



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