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2016 [KLCH] LAKE_CHARLES Flash Flood (FF) Warning (W) Number 75

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462 
WGUS54 KLCH 130852
FFWLCH
LAC045-131315-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0075.160813T0852Z-160813T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
352 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR IBERIA PARISH...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.      
  10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS  
  ALREADY OCCURRING.  

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR IBERIA PARISH. THIS IS 
  A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK  HIGHER GROUND NOW! 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NEW IBERIA...JEANERETTE...AVERY ISLAND...LOREAUVILLE...LYDIA...
  LAKE FAUSSE POINTE...COTEAU...JEFFERSON ISLAND...
  ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT AND WEEKS ISLAND.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 2981 9183 2982 9182 2982 9183 2983 9183
      2984 9190 2982 9193 2984 9196 2984 9197
      2998 9198 3007 9195 3004 9182 3012 9174
      3011 9167 3006 9162 2995 9162 2980 9177
      2979 9181

$$

K. KUYPER
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462 
WGUS54 KLCH 130852
FFWLCH
LAC045-131315-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0075.160813T0852Z-160813T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
352 AM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR IBERIA PARISH...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.      
  10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS  
  ALREADY OCCURRING.  

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR IBERIA PARISH. THIS IS 
  A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK  HIGHER GROUND NOW! 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  NEW IBERIA...JEANERETTE...AVERY ISLAND...LOREAUVILLE...LYDIA...
  LAKE FAUSSE POINTE...COTEAU...JEFFERSON ISLAND...
  ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT AND WEEKS ISLAND.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 2981 9183 2982 9182 2982 9183 2983 9183
      2984 9190 2982 9193 2984 9196 2984 9197
      2998 9198 3007 9195 3004 9182 3012 9174
      3011 9167 3006 9162 2995 9162 2980 9177
      2979 9181

$$

K. KUYPER

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