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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

941 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASILE...

  SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HINESTON...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REEVES...OBERLIN...OAKDALE...

  MITTIE...KINDER...ELIZABETH...

  NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUGARTOWN...DRY CREEK...

  EASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...IOWA...HAYES...

  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELSH...JENNINGS...FENTON...ELTON...

  EASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SLAGLE...PITKIN...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT 



* AT 925 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO    5 

INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS FROM NEAR SIMPSON SOUTH                  

PITKIN...MITTIE...FENTON TO HAYES. THIS RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE   

FLASH FLOODING IN SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION

  HILL...SIMPSON...LEBLANC...LACAMP...GRANT...FLATWOODS...CALCASIEU

  AND BUNDICK LAKE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES  ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3071 9255 3011 9264 3005 9312 3137 9313

      3137 9298 3135 9296 3135 9294 3137 9293

      3138 9291 3140 9291 3143 9286



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