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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

836 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VILLE PLATTE...TURKEY CREEK...

  MAMOU...

  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PINEVILLE...HINESTON...GLENMORA...

  CHENEYVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...

  ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

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

  MITTIE...ELIZABETH...

  EASTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

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

  SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PITKIN...



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 819 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 LECOMPTE



A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED 3 

TO 6 INCHES OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN SINCE 

IKE HAS MADE LANDFALL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1130 AM.



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 3097 9222 3096 9228 3090 9223 3063 9221

      3041 9327 3111 9320 3140 9224



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