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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

353 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELOUSAS...LEONVILLE...KROTZ

  SPRINGS...ARNAUDVILLE...

  EASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CARENCRO...

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

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CATAHOULA...BREAUX BRIDGE...



* UNTIL 645 PM CDT



* AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA IN   

  THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING IN  

  URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AROUND LAFAYETTE AND BREAUX BRIDGE    

  AREAS. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO SOUTHERH ST. LANDRY      

  PARISH AS WELL. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUNSET...

  PORT BARRE...HENDERSON...GRAND COTEAU AND CECILIA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 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 3016 9157 3011 9205 3059 9217 3066 9178

      3058 9174 3056 9175 3053 9172 3051 9174

      3050 9171



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