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WGUS54 KLCH 121512
FFWLCH
LAC045-055-099-122000-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1012 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF ST. MARTIN IBERIA AND
LAFAYETTE PARISHES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1006 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 8 TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND MORE
  SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY WITH
  HEAVIER RAINS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED 8 TO 11
  INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL FIVE INCHES OR
  MORE IS POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF ST.MARTIN...IBERIA
AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MAJOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LAFAYETTE...NEW IBERIA...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...CADE...COTEAU...
  ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2999 9199 3003 9196 3007 9206 3008 9207
      3012 9209 3013 9209 3012 9212 3020 9210
      3025 9198 2998 9180 2995 9194

$$
