THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN * - TopicsExpress



          

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL AIRPORT... WESTLAKE...SULPHUR...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES... * UNTIL 500 AM CST * AT 305 AM CST...STORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF THE GULF AND INTO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND THREE TO FIVE INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS CALCASIEU PARISH. THIS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD SURFACES WITH SOME LOWER LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING MINOR FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN... 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. && LAT...LON 3037 9351 3036 9303 3005 9303 3005 9353 MC
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 09:05:49 +0000

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