FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 133 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE AND ST. LANDRY. IN
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ALLEN.
* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
*PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA....CONTINUING TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY
ALONG AND IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION.
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 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.
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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