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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

932 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



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RAPIDES LA-AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ALLEN LA-

932 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR

ALLEN...EVANGELINE...NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES AND RAPIDES PARISHES...



AT 918 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THE PAST 6 HOURS FROM NEAR GLENMORA TO WOODWORTH TO 

ALEXANDRIA...CENTERPOINT TO DEVILLE. THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WATER RESCUES HAVE 

ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED THIS MORNING. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 

LIFE AND PROPERTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PINEVILLE...

MOREAUVILLE...MARKSVILLE...MANSURA...LECOMPTE...GLENMORA...EFFIE...

COTTONPORT...CHENEYVILLE...BUNKIE...BORDELONVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.



LAT...LON 3087 9281 3139 9258 3117 9177 3085 9222

      3049 9253 3050 9302



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