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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

952 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



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EVANGELINE LA-ST. LANDRY LA-

952 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

CENTRAL ST. LANDRY AND SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISHES...



AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE

LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON TO 8

MILES EAST OF PORT BARRE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES

SOUTHEAST OF VILLE PLATTE TO KROTZ SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH.



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

 OPELOUSAS AND PORT BARRE...



AT 950 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING HIGHWAY

190 IN LAWTELL AND OPELOUSAS...AND HIGHWAY 182 BETWEEN OPELOUSAS AND

WASHINGTON.



RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN

EVANGELINE PARISH...AND UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN CENTRAL ST. LANDRY

PARISH.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAKE

CHARLES.



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

      3049 9185 3049 9250

TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 252DEG 11KT 3062 9222 3056 9180



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