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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 
753 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...Forecast Flooding Changed from Major to Record Severity for the 
following rivers in Louisiana...
  Bayou Anacoco Near Rosepine 

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753 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

...Forecast flooding increased from Major to Record severity...
The Flood Warning continues for 
 the Bayou Anacoco Near Rosepine.
* until Tuesday afternoon...or until the warning is cancelled.
* At  6:45 PM Thursday the stage was 27.9 feet.
* Major flooding is occurring and Record flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 28.7 feet by 
  after midnight tomorrow. The river will fall below flood stage 
  Tuesday morning.
* Impact...At stages near 28.4 feet...The bayou is at its highest 
  level recorded.
* Impact...At stages near 27.8 feet...This level is similiar to that
  reached during the late december 1982 flood event.
* Impact...At stages near 24.2 feet...This level is similiar to that
  reached during tropical storm Allison of 1989.
* 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.
* Impact...At stages near 21.0 feet...Moderate flood damage along 
  the bayou begins at this level.
* Impact...At stages near 20.0 feet...Hawks Road near the gauge 
  becomes flooded.
* Impact...At stages near 17.0 feet...Minor flooding of agricultural
  and forested areas near the bayou will occur.

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

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