HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 632 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 630 AM CST WED DEC 16 2009

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HWOLCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
630 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
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630 AM CST TUE DEC 15 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
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT PROGRESSING THROUGH THE AREA.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AND
EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A REPRIEVE IN RAIN IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...BUT RAINFALL WILL
RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY
AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GULF AND
TRACKS TO THE EAST. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN...AND THE HIGHEST
RAINFALL TOTALS...ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TO MONITOR POTENTIAL
FLOODING TODAY. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING OR FLASH
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 506 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 500 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2009

...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TODAY...
.SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PROGRESSING THROUGH THE
REGION...AND ALONG AN OLD WARM FRONT STRETCHING FROM THE GULF
WATERS SOUTH OF SABINE PASS EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA. ONE TO FOUR 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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ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARKSVILLE...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...
OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...
ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...
MORGAN CITY...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
506 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...
  CALCASIEU...CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
  LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER
  ST. MARTIN AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...JEFFERSON AND
  ORANGE.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING
  OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT
  CROSSING THE REGION. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH
  IN TANDEM WITH THE FRONT...WITH ACTIVITY EXTENDING WELL NORTH OF
  FRONTAL BOUNDARY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA ALONG AND NORTHWEST
  OF A LINE FROM PORT ARTHUR TEXAS TO OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA.
* SOUTH OF THIS LINE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED
  TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ALONG AN OLD WARM FRONT STRETCHING FROM ABOUT
  20NM SOUTH OF SABINE PASS EAST NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE.
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN 1
  TO 3 INCHES...WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATING UP TO 6 INCHES IN
  SPOTS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY...AS ACTIVITY
  CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN OVER THESE SAME AREAS
* FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE COMMON WHERE
  EXCESSIVE RAINS FALL. IN ADDITION...URBAN AREAS AND
  UNDERPASSES WILL BE PRONE TO RAPID FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY
  RAINFALL AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND TO
  AVOID DRIVING IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
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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