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WGUS54 KLCH 130717

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

216 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MERMENTAU...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...JENNINGS...

  FENTON...ELTON...



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  LACASSINE...ROANOKE AND HATHAWAY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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 3020 9258 3010 9262 3005 9272 3005 9297

      3005 9297 3010 9287 3015 9287 3017 9299

      3039 9301 3040 9312 3044 9312 3044 9279

      3049 9276 3049 9262



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