
430 
WGUS54 KLCH 121628
FFWLCH
LAC001-055-097-099-122230-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0012.120312T1628Z-120312T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1128 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* AT 1121 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED          
  FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH NUMEROUS ROADS AND HOMES      
  FLOODED. IN ADDITION SEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES ARE UNDERWAY. 
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF AROUND 15 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 
  SIX HOURS. THIS IS A RARE EVENT AND MAY CAUSE SOME LOCATIONS 
  LIKE BAYOU VERMILION AT CARENCRO TO REACH RECORD FLOODING. 
  MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND YOU SHOULD NOT TRAVEL IN THIS AREA TODAY.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ARNAUDVILLE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CARENCRO...CHURCH POINT...
  LEONVILLE...SCOTT...CANKTON...CECILIA...DUSON...GRAND COTEAU...
  HENDERSON...MIRE AND SUNSET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3019 9229 3051 9233 3052 9173 3050 9173
      3050 9170 3021 9163

$$