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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
239 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SIMMESPORT...MOREAUVILLE...
  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALMETTO...OPELOUSAS...MELVILLE...
  LEONVILLE...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING ALONG 
  A LINE FROM CANKTON NORTHEAST TO NEAR OPELOUSAS TO SOUTHEAST OF    
  DUPONT.  RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES    
  HAVE FALLEN THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WASHINGTON
  AND PORT BARRE

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

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.

LAT...LON 3107 9176 3102 9175 3098 9180 3088 9179
      3086 9181 3085 9179 3082 9180 3079 9175
      3074 9173 3061 9174 3032 9215 3061 9216
      3111 9197

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