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WGUS84 KLCH 232213
FLSLCH

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
513 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

LAC009-079-240015-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RAPIDES LA-AVOYELLES LA-
513 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  EAST CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHENEYVILLE...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE
CHARLES INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS NEARLY STATIONARY
NEAR THE TOWN OF LECOMPTE. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING AS MUCH AS THREE
INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS AND A QUICK FILLING OF DITCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN... 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3114 9209 3096 9223 3098 9234 3100 9238
      3099 9241 3100 9249 3124 9252

$$

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