FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 918 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SABINE RIVER NEAR DEWEYVILLE.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:45 AM 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 REMAIN NEAR 24.5 FEET FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.
* 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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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 133 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ACADIA...CALCASIEU...
CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST.
MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN AND VERMILION. IN
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...JEFFERSON AND ORANGE.
* 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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