FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 823 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
THE SABINE RIVER NEAR DEWEYVILLE.
* UNTIL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 24.6 FEET BY
THURSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR.
LOW-LYING ROADS IN SOUTHWESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH...INCLUDING
ROBERT CLARK ROAD WILL HAVE WATER OVER THEM.
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DENSE FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 937 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A DENSE
FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.
AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH
VISIBILITIES DOWN TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE POSSIBLE. THE FOG WILL
DISSIPATE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 951 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY...RESULTING IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND
INTO TUESDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE
REGION. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE
COMMON WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THESE RAINS COMBINED WITH
AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL RESULT IN A RAPID RUNOFF AND
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.
* 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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