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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

651 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SIMMESPORT...MOREAUVILLE...BUNKIE...

  BORDELONVILLE...

  NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  NORTHERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALMETTO...OPELOUSAS...MELVILLE...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHESTHAT COULD PRODUCE FLASH       

  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WASHINGTON...PORT BARRE...MANSURA AND COTTONPORT



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3100 9177 3098 9180 3088 9179 3086 9181

      3085 9179 3082 9180 3081 9177 3078 9174

      3063 9173 3050 9216 3095 9236 3119 9179



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