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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

350 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  NORTH CENTRAL IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA...

  SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

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

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTINVILLE...CATAHOULA...BREAUX

  BRIDGE...



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A PERSISTENT RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH         

  TROPICAL DEPRESSION GUSTAV OVER THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF  

  RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. RAINFALL RATES WILL   

  CONTINUE TO BE AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVER AREAS THAT HAVE  

  RECEIVED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  HENDERSON...CECILIA...BUTTE LA ROSE AND BROUSSARD



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2996 9179 3013 9207 3043 9183 3032 9161

      3029 9158 3028 9158 3025 9155



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