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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

753 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

   THIS INCLUDES KROTZ SPRINGS...

  EASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

   THIS INCLUDES LAFAYETTE...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...

  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

   THIS INCLUDES BREAUX BRIDGE...CECILIA...HENDERSON...



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 752 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT

  FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  IN ADDITION...SHOWERS

  AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE REGION...AND ARE

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WITH WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF 

FLOODED HOMES AND STREETS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE 

INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3007 9202 3008 9205 3010 9205 3010 9207

      3014 9207 3014 9213 3057 9177 3053 9173

      3050 9173 3050 9169 3047 9164 3037 9162

TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 220DEG 33KT 3060 9157



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