FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1040 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALMETTO...OPELOUSAS...MELVILLE...
LEONVILLE...KROTZ SPRINGS...ARNAUDVILLE...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...JEANERETTE...AVERY
ISLAND...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTT...LAFAYETTE...CARENCRO...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ST. MARTINVILLE...CATAHOULA...BREAUX
BRIDGE...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CST
* AT 1032 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
YOUNGSVILLE...WASHINGTON...SUNSET...PORT BARRE...HENDERSON...GRAND
COTEAU...CECILIA...BUTTE LA ROSE AND BROUSSARD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3012 9207 3020 9219 3030 9213 3044 9216
3076 9216 3076 9178 3068 9174 3057 9176
3049 9174 3048 9169 3043 9163 3038 9164
3029 9160 3026 9156 2989 9167 2983 9174
2985 9195 2982 9208
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