FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 134 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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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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