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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

930 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008



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CALCASIEU LA-

930 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR

CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH...



AT 910 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS 

LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR AND WESTLAKE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR THIS 

MORNING HAVE BEEN IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE FROM LAKE CHARLES TO 

SULPHUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH A BURST OF HEAVY RAINFALL... 

PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR IS LOCATED NEAR MOSS 

BLUFF...MOVING SOUTH AT 6 MPH TOWARDS THE CITIES OF LAKE CHARLES AND 

WEST LAKE.



THE CALCASIEU OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPARDNESS REPORTS THAT SEVERAL 

ROADS IN LAKE CHARLES ARE FLOODED.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WESTLAKE...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR AND CARLYSS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3041 9339 3040 9313 3038 9313 3038 9308

      3006 9307 3007 9350



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