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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1040 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008



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CALCASIEU LA-

1040 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008



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

CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH...



AT 1026 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED 

ACROSS LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR AND WESTLAKE. THERE IS STILL A 

POSSIBILITY OF SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINS THROUGH 11 AM...HOWEVER THE 

OVERALL DIMINISHING TREND SHOULD CONTINUE. RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING...MAINLY IN THE URBAN AREAS OF SULPHUR...WESTLAKE AND LAKE 

CHARLES. IF HEAVY RAINS DO NOT RE-DEVELOP IN THE NEXT HOUR...THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 



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



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL 

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

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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

      3006 9307 3007 9350



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