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WGUS74 KLCH 121657
FFSLCH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1157 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2012

LAC001-055-097-099-122230-
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ST. LANDRY LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ACADIA LA-ST. MARTIN LA-
1157 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ST.
MARTIN...NORTHEASTERN ACADIA...NORTHERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHERN ST.
LANDRY PARISHES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHERN ST. 
LANDRY PARISHES...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS 
THE WARNED AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL.

AT 1155 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING WITH NUMEROUS ROADS AND HOMES FLOODED. 
IN ADDITION SEVERAL HIGH WATER RESCUES ARE UNDERWAY. 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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 ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

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LAT...LON 3019 9229 3051 9233 3052 9173 3050 9173
      3050 9170 3021 9163

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