Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
541 AM CST WED JAN 20 1993

AT 525 AM...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS..WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..
WAS SHOWN FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON TO WHITE LAKE..TO JUST SOUTH
OF LAFAYETTE.

DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND FROM EARLIER RAINS..PARTS OF CAMERON..
CALCASIEU..JEFFERSON DAVIS..VERMILION..ACADIA..AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES
WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

OTHERWISE..RAIN AND SHOWERS..WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..
CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS..CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA..AND
OVER THE GULF..FROM 75 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO BEAUMONT..TO THE
SOUTH END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR..AND FROM DE QUINCY TO NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI..TO VERMILION BAY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
641 AM CST WED JAN 20 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
   LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...

AT 625 AM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED
FROM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE TO BETWEEN CAMERON AND WHITE
LAKE.

LOCAL STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PORTIONS OF CAMERON..JEFF DAVIS..AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE..RAIN AND SHOWERS..WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..
CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS..CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA..AND
OVER THE GULF..FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF GALVESTON TO NEAR CONROE TO NORTH
OF JENA TO NORTH OF BATON ROUGE AND TO SOUTHEAST OF BATON ROUGE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
735 AM CST WED JAN 20 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
   LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...

AT 725 AM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED
NEAR WHITE LAKE..JUST SOUTH OF CROWLEY..JUST NORTHEAST OF DE RIDDER..
AND JUST NORTH OF KOUNTZ TEXAS.

LOCAL STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PORTIONS OF CAMERON..ACADIA..AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES DURING THE
NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE..RAIN AND SHOWERS..WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..
CONTTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS..SOUTHERN LOUISIANA..AND THE NORTHERN
GULF FROM FREEPORT TEXAS TO LAKE LIVINGSTON TO JENA TO EAST OF BATON
ROUGE TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
842 AM CST WED JAN 20 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
   LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...

AT 826 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
NEAR WHITE LAKE...JUST SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE...AND JUST SOUTH OF BEAUMONT.

LOCAL STREET FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PASS
OVERHEAD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  LOCALIZE RAINFALL OF
2 TO 4 INCHES BEING REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA.

OTHERWISE..RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...COVERED MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN NATCHEZ MISSISSIPPI AND
HUNTSVILLE TEXAS AND EXTENDED TO ALONG THE COAST AND OUT TO 30 MILES
OFFSHORE FROM FREEPORlT TEXAS TO WHITE LAKE.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
948 AM CST WED JAN 20 1993

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTHWEST
   LOUISIANA UNTIL 130 PM THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
   LOUISIANA THIS MORNING...

AT 925 AM...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
SHOWN FROM JUST EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...
AND BETWEEN OAKDALE AND JUST EAST OF KIRBYVILLE TEXAS.

PERSONS IN LAFAYETTE PARISH CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF
2 INCHES IN THE NEXT 2 HOURS.  THE LAFAYETTE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT
MAJOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA.  SOME ROADS AND STREETS
WERE CLOSED WHILE ADDITIONAL ROADS AND STREETS WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
CLOSED.  PERSONS IN LAFAYETTE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT MOST DEATHS DURING FLASH
FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES..DIPS OR
LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS..MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUNDS.

PERSONS IN THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING AS HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.  STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE
FOR MOST OF THE AREA.

OTHERWISE..RAIN AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL...COVERED MUCH OF THE AREA FROM ALONG AND SOUTH OF A NATCHEZ
MISSISSIPPI...NATCHITOCHES...HOUSTON LINE.  THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDED TO
JUST SOUTH OF BATON ROUGE AND THEN TO ALONG THE COAST AND OUT TO 25 MILES
OFFSHORE FROM WHITE LAKE TO FREEPORT TEXAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.