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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

606 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



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ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ST. MARTIN LA-

606 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR

NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN...SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN ST.

LANDRY PARISHES...



AT 605 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR

BREAUX BRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH.



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

 CECILIA...HENDERSON...AND KROTZ SPRINGS



AT 600 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN 

HENDERSON.



RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP 

TO 2 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 3009 9193 3008 9205 3010 9205 3010 9207

      3014 9207 3014 9210 3056 9176 3053 9173

      3051 9174 3050 9169 3047 9164 3045 9163

      3040 9162

TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 217DEG 11KT 3028 9189



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