FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 432 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...JEANERETTE...AVERY
ISLAND...
SOUTHERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STEPHENSVILLE...
ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PATTERSON...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...
CYPREMORT POINT...BURNS POINT...BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE RANGE...
SOUTHERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PECAN ISLAND...INTRACOASTAL CITY...
FORKED ISLAND...ABBEVILLE...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CST
* AT 425 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO TRAIN ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON...SOUTHERN VERMILION...IBERIA...LOWER
ST. MARTIN AND ST. MARY PARISHES. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED THREE TO
OVER SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE MONDAY. THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY
SATURATED. WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TRAINING
OVER THE SAME AREA...AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYDIA...
ERATH...DELCAMBRE...CHARENTON AND BALDWIN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 2945 9184 2959 9204 2967 9284 3026 9149
3012 9145 3004 9121 2963 9107 2948 9130
2952 9155 2974 9163 2977 9189 2980 9186
2983 9183 2972 9212 2967 9212 2957 9170
2949 9176 2942 9185
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 506 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...
CALCASIEU...CAMERON...EVANGELINE...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. LANDRY...ST. MARY...UPPER
ST. MARTIN AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...JEFFERSON AND
ORANGE.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING
OVER EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT
CROSSING THE REGION. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH
IN TANDEM WITH THE FRONT...WITH ACTIVITY EXTENDING WELL NORTH OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA ALONG AND NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM PORT ARTHUR TEXAS TO OPELOUSAS LOUISIANA.
* SOUTH OF THIS LINE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED
TO DEVELOP AND TRACK ALONG AN OLD WARM FRONT STRETCHING FROM ABOUT
20NM SOUTH OF SABINE PASS EAST NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THIS AREA OVERNIGHT HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN 1
TO 3 INCHES...WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATING UP TO 6 INCHES IN
SPOTS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY...AS ACTIVITY
CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN OVER THESE SAME AREAS
* FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE COMMON WHERE
EXCESSIVE RAINS FALL. IN ADDITION...URBAN AREAS AND
UNDERPASSES WILL BE PRONE TO RAPID FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AND TO
AVOID DRIVING IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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