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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

124 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



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

BEAUREGARD LA-ST. LANDRY LA-ACADIA LA-JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-

124 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR

NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS...NORTHWESTERN ACADIA...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN

ST. LANDRY...NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD...ALLEN...EVANGELINE...

NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES...SOUTHEASTERN VERNON AND RAPIDES PARISHES...



AT 111 PM...RADAR INDICATES THAT ONLY A FEW SHOWERS REMAIN OVER THE 

AREA FROM KINDER NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA AND MARKSVILLE. WHILE THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED AT THIS TIME...RUN OFF IS NOT YET COMPLETE 

AND SERIOUS FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM 

GLENMORA NORTHEAST TO INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA...DEVILLE AND MARKSVILLE.  



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

EFFIE...DEVILLE...BALL 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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING

FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA.



LAT...LON 3148 9216 3141 9214 3136 9207 3133 9208

      3134 9202 3132 9199 3129 9201 3124 9198

      3126 9194 3131 9193 3131 9189 3122 9173

      3082 9221 3038 9253 3036 9299 3062 9318

      3140 9265 3149 9220



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