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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

803 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTLAKE...VINTON...SULPHUR...

  STARKS...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES...IOWA...HAYES...DE QUINCY...



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 751 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 CARLYSS AND

  GILLIS



A CLUSTER OF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE INTO THE AREA AND BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 

INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH NOON. FLOODING STILL EXISTS 

FROM SURGE AND PREVIOUS RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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.



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 3006 9372 3013 9370 3030 9370 3034 9376

      3040 9376 3041 9348 3049 9348 3050 9341

      3049 9338 3041 9337 3041 9313 3039 9312

      3039 9303 3016 9299 3016 9289 3009 9288

      3009 9298 3005 9299



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