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000 

WGUS54 KLCH 141418

FFWLCH

LAC023-141715-

/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0039.080914T1418Z-080914T1715Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

918 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...

  ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE RANGE...LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...

  KLONDIKE...JOHNSON BAYOU...GRAND LAKE...GRAND CHENIER...CAMERON...



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 916 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED  

  AREA.



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



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...POSSIBLY HIGHER...WILL FALL DURING THE 

NEXT THREE HOURS.  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND LAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 2960 9270 2972 9298 2978 9321 2975 9373

      2971 9381 2971 9384 2982 9388 2985 9380

      2996 9376 2998 9378 3005 9371 3004 9261

      2959 9261



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