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WGUS54 KLCH 141718

FFWLCH

LAC023-141915-

/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0042.080914T1718Z-080914T1915Z/

/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

1218 PM 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...ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE RANGE...

  LACASSINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...KLONDIKE...GRAND LAKE...GRAND

  CHENIER...CAMERON...



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED              

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PARISH.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED PARISH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 

PM IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 2978 9317 2979 9350 3004 9335 3004 9261

      2959 9263



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