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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 
826 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...Forecast Flooding Changed from Minor to Major Severity for the 
following rivers in Louisiana...

  Bayou Anacoco Near Rosepine 

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826 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...Forecast flooding increased from Minor to Major severity...
The Flood Warning continues for 
 the Bayou Anacoco Near Rosepine.
* from this evening until further notice...or until the warning is 
  cancelled.
* At  7:45 AM Wednesday the stage was 7.7 feet.
* Major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage by tonight and 
  continue to rise to near 24.8 feet by Friday morning.
* Impact...At stages near 24.0 feet...Major flood damage along the 
  bayou begins at this level.
* Impact...At stages near 22.4 feet...This level is similiar to that
  of the January 1998 flood event.

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LAT...LON 3109 9341 3091 9356 3083 9358 3088 9333 3103 9327

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