THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... NORTHWESTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... SOUTHERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... WEST CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 1157 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 900 PM IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS RAINFALL ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BASILE...ELTON...EUNICE...FENTON...IOWA...KINDER...LAKE CHARLES... LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT...MAMOU...MOSS BLUFF...OBERLIN... SULPHUR...VILLE PLATTE...VINTON...WESTLAKE...BAYOU CHICOT...BOND... BUHLER...BULLER...CARLYSS...CHATAIGNIER...CHICOT STATE PARK... DURALDE...EDGERLY...GILLIS...GRAND PRAIRIE...INDIAN LAKE...LEBLEU SETTLEMENT...PINE ISLAND AND PINE PRAIRIE. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE MOSS BLUFF COMMUNITY IN NORTHEASTERN CALCASIEU PARISH WHERE AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 3005 9356 3015 9369 3048 9313 3049 9295 3085 9250 3076 9203 3025 9268 3027 9295 3001 9339 MC
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 05:00:08 +0000
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