Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
455 PM CST MON DEC 22 1986

AT 430 PM...WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUED THROUGHOUT MOST OF LOUISIANA
AND EAST TEXAS. THE RAIN WAS SHOWN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI TO MANSFIELD TO LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS...AND INTO THE
GULF TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE.

DUE TO THE CONTINUOUS RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOME STREETS WITH POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BECOME
FLOODED.  MOST DRAINAGE DITCHES ARE NEARLY FULL AND ADDITIONAL RAINS
THAT ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN
LAKE CHARLES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR SHOPPING
TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
550 PM CST MON DEC 22 1986

AT 530 PM...WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS MIXED IN
CONTINUED IN MOST OF LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. THE RAIN WAS SHOWN
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO WINNFIELD TO LAKE
LIVINGSTON TEXAS...AND EXTENDED INTO THE GULF TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE.

THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS SHOWN NEAR NEW IBERIA...WHITE LAKE...SABINE
PASS AND GALVESTON TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

FLOODING OF STREETS...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA IN LAKE CHARLES. MINOR STREET FLOODING
HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LAFAYETTE AND ABBEVILLE DURING THE PAST HOUR.

WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OVER SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOME STREETS WITH
POOR DRAINAGE WILL LIKELY FLOOD IN EVANGELINE...JEFF DAVIS...ACADIA...
LAFAYETTE...AND VERMILION PARISHES BY LATE TONIGHT.

MOTORISTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST LKOUISIANA SHOULD USE CAUTION AND
BE ALERT FOR WATER COVERED STREETS AND ROADWAYS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
645 PM CST MON DEC 22 1986

AT 625 PM...WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS MIXED IN
CONTINUED IN MOST OF LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS. THE RAIN WAS SHOWN
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI TO WINNFIELD TO LUFKIN
TEXAS...AND EXTENDED INTO THE GULF TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE.

THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS SHOWN NEAR NEW IBERIA...GALVESTON TEXAS...
AND IN THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF VERMILION BAY...SABINE PASS AND
HIGH ISLAND TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT
MOST SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA BY LATE TONIGHT AS RAIN WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 10 PM IN THIS AREA.