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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

535 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  NORTHERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAKDALE...MITTIE...ELIZABETH...

  NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

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

  SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PITKIN...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 521 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



HEAVY RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND 

ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS AS ADDITIONAL STORMS 

MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. THE CURRENT ACTIVITY IS PRODUCING RAINFALL 

RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOURS. SIX TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 845 AM.



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.



LAT...LON 3108 9259 3074 9260 3057 9326 3095 9320



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