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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

646 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



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

646 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 642 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL MEDIA 

REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.  RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



AT 630 PM CDT...LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AND 

SEVERAL HOMES FLOODED IN LAFAYETTE.  CECILIA HIGH SCHOOL WAS ALSO 

REPORTED FLOODED IN CECILIA.



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.



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 2346Z 240DEG 20KT 3040 9165



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