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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

858 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

   THIS INCLUDES CHATAIGNIER...

  CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

   THIS INCLUDES OPELOUSAS...EUNICE...PORT BARRE...WASHINGTON...



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM EUNICE TO

  KROTZ SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH.



RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA IN THE PAST HOUR.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO

3 INCHES 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.



LAT...LON 3062 9240 3068 9220 3067 9174 3059 9176

      3049 9185 3049 9250

TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 262DEG 18KT 3055 9235 3054 9179



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