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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1019 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF LOWER ACADIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 1016 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
  FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF VERMILION, SAINT
MARTIN, IBERIA, AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAFAYETTE...NEW IBERIA...ABBEVILLE...ST. MARTINVILLE...
  JEANERETTE...AVERY ISLAND...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...ERATH...
  DELCAMBRE...COTEAU...ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT...CADE...LYDIA...
  JEFFERSON ISLAND...WEEKS ISLAND AND MILTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 2978 9181 2982 9182 2983 9183 2983 9185
      2984 9190 2981 9192 2982 9196 2985 9200
      2992 9205 3015 9211 3021 9193 2993 9164
      2983 9173 2978 9180

$$

TINGLER
