FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 413 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 1015 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
413 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...JEANERETTE...AVERY
ISLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE...
ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STEPHENSVILLE...ST. MARTINVILLE...
CATAHOULA...BREAUX BRIDGE...
ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PATTERSON...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...
CYPREMORT POINT...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...
EASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KAPLAN...INTRACOASTAL CITY...FORKED
ISLAND...ABBEVILLE...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CST
* AT 408 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST AND INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO
FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA CAUSING FLOODING OF ROADS
AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YOUNGSVILLE...HENDERSON...CECILIA...BUTTE LA ROSE AND BROUSSARD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 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.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 2951 9134 2954 9151 2965 9155 2965 9163
2976 9160 2974 9182 2982 9181 2984 9193
2975 9218 2962 9209 2955 9232 2998 9237
3052 9175 3024 9159 3024 9148 3011 9145
3005 9123 2984 9116 2982 9108 2965 9108
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 133 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 500 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE...
.PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA....CONTINUING TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY ALONG AND
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE COMMON WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THESE RAINS COMBINED WITH AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT
IN A RAPID RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.
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AVOYELLES-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARKSVILLE...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...
OPELOUSAS
133 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE AND ST. LANDRY. IN
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ALLEN.
* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
*PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA....CONTINUING TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY
ALONG AND IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION.
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE COMMON WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS. THESE RAINS COMBINED WITH AN ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND WILL RESULT IN A RAPID RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 635 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 645 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009

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HWOLCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
634 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009
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CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
634 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST
CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID MORNING. WIDESPREAD
FOG...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT
TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. THE FOG
IS EXPECTED TO LIFT AFTER A FEW HOURS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
DENSE FOG IS LIKELY TO RETURN TO A GOOD PART OF THE AREA AGAIN
TONIGHT.
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A
COLD FRONT THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY.
TWO DAY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT NEARS AND MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WHERE THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
RAINFALL FROM MONDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS
THE COLD FRONT PROGRESSES THROUGH THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...WHERE THE RISK OF FLOODING WILL
BE GREATEST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TO MONITOR POTENTIAL
FLOODING TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF STREET
FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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