Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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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.