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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  NORTHERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 524 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING  
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH NUMEROUS ROADS AND HOMES FLOODED. THE  
  LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW 12 TO 16 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 
  SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE             
  PARISH...SOUTHERN SAINT LANDRY PARISH AND NORTHWEST SAINT MARTIN   
  PARISH.

  THIS CONTINUES TO REMAIN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH NUMEROUS ROADS 
  AND HOMES FLOODED IN THE WARNED AREA DO NOT DRIVE INTO THESE AREAS 
  UNTIL AFTER THE WATER SUBSIDES.

  FOR BAYOU VERMILION AT CARENCRO...THE FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. THE  
  CURRENT STAGE IS 22 FEET. THE FORECAST IS FOR THE BAYOU TO CREST   
  BETWEEN 22 AND 23 FEET. THIS IS WOULD MAKE THIS A RECORD CREST FOR 
  THIS SITE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 21.5 SET IN MAY 2004.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ARNAUDVILLE...BASILE...BREAUX BRIDGE...CARENCRO...CATAHOULA...
  CHURCH POINT...EUNICE...KROTZ SPRINGS...LAFAYETTE...LEONVILLE...
  MAMOU...OAKDALE...OPELOUSAS...RAYNE...SCOTT...VILLE PLATTE...
  ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...BAYOU CHICOT...BEAVER...
  BOND...BRANCH...BROUSSARD...BUTTE LA ROSE...CANKTON...CECILIA...
  CHATAIGNIER...CHICOT STATE PARK...DURALDE...DUSON AND GRAND COTEAU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3014 9197 3025 9241 3043 9261 3049 9264
      3085 9267 3084 9213 3054 9174 3050 9173
      3050 9169 3034 9161 3031 9162 3028 9158
      3019 9154

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