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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
518 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...OVER CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LECOMPTE BY 615 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3111 9227 3089 9243 3109 9259 3117 9254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 306DEG 3KT 3111 9251
$$
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
518 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...OVER CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LECOMPTE BY 615 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3111 9227 3089 9243 3109 9259 3117 9254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 306DEG 3KT 3111 9251
$$
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
531 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTH CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL....
OVER SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND LAKE PELBA BY 600 PM
CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL...CAPABLE OF CAUSING EXTENSIVE
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY. TAKE COVER NOW AND AVOID WINDOWS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3027 9170 3043 9190 3050 9185 3048 9167
3045 9164 3042 9162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 296DEG 6KT 3044 9182
$$
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
515 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES...ROSEPINE...FORT POLK...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...OVER FORT POLK...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHERN VERNON PARISH AT 530 PM CDT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. STAY INDOORS...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.
LAT...LON 3101 9307 3092 9309 3090 9331 3108 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 274DEG 9KT 3100 9319
$$
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NATCHEZ
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 50.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN STEADY THROUGH FRIDAY AND THEN BEGIN
TO FALL SLOWLY
* IMPACT...AT 51.0 FEET...WATER IS COVERING THE ROADS IN OLD DOWNTOWN
AREA OF FORT ADAMS...PARTICULARLY MAIN STREET. ROAD TO JACKSON
POINT IS FLOODED.
* IMPACT...AT 48.0 FEET...CARTHAGE POINT ROAD BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
* IMPACT...AT 47.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO ENTER THE FORMER BELWOOD
GOLF COURSE AND CARTHAGE POINT ROAD AREA SOUTH OF NATCHEZ.
* IMPACT...AT 45.0 FEET...WATER UNDER SOME BUILDINGS AROUND FORT
ADAMS, MISSISSIPPI.
* IMPACT...AT 44.0 FEET...SOME CAMPS AND MOST ACCESS ROADS FLOODED
ALONG LAKE MARY.
* IMPACT...AT 43.0 FEET...WATER IS OVER THORNBURG LAKE ROAD IN THE
AREA KNOWN AS ANNA'S BOTTOM NORTH OF NATCHEZ. ALSO, LAKE MARY ROAD
IS UNDER WATER.
* IMPACT...AT 38.0 FEET...LOWLANDS ALONG THE RIVER IN AREAS NOT
PROTECTED BY LEVEES BEGIN TO FLOOD. SOME OF THESE AREAS CONTAIN OIL
AND GAS WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER, BUT ARE NOT AFFECTED
UNTIL HIGHER STAGES.
&&
FLOOD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN CREST TIME DATE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NATCHEZ 48 50.6 THU 10 AM 50.6 50.5 50.4 CRESTING
$$
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAYOU DES CANNES AFFECTING
NORTHWESTERN ACADIA...SOUTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE AND EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISHES UNTIL 230 AM CDT FRIDAY...
AT 949 AM CDT...THE CURRENT STAGE ON BAYOU DES CANNES NEAR EUNICE
WAS 17.7 FEET. THE BAYOU IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR 17.9 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. JUST MINOR FLOODING NEAR THE
BAYOU IS EXPECTED WITH SOME SECONDARY ROADS IMPACTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BAYOU DES CANNES WITH ONLY MINOR
IMPACTS EXPECTED NEAR THE BAYOU.
&&
LAT...LON 3064 9225 3051 9235 3050 9238 3050 9242
3048 9245 3044 9248 3033 9251 3034 9258
3041 9257 3052 9250 3065 9230
$$
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BAYOU DES CANNES AFFECTING
NORTHWESTERN ACADIA...SOUTH CENTRAL EVANGELINE AND EXTREME WEST
CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISHES UNTIL 230 AM CDT FRIDAY...
AT 949 AM CDT...THE CURRENT STAGE ON BAYOU DES CANNES NEAR EUNICE
WAS 17.7 FEET. THE BAYOU IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR 17.9 FEET THIS
AFTERNOON. FLOOD STAGE IS 17 FEET. JUST MINOR FLOODING NEAR THE
BAYOU IS EXPECTED WITH SOME SECONDARY ROADS IMPACTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN BAYOU DES CANNES WITH ONLY MINOR
IMPACTS EXPECTED NEAR THE BAYOU.
&&
LAT...LON 3064 9225 3051 9235 3050 9238 3050 9242
3048 9245 3044 9248 3033 9251 3034 9258
3041 9257 3052 9250 3065 9230
$$
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NATCHEZ
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 50.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN STEADY THROUGH FRIDAY AND THEN BEGIN
TO FALL SLOWLY
* IMPACT...AT 51.0 FEET...WATER IS COVERING THE ROADS IN OLD DOWNTOWN
AREA OF FORT ADAMS...PARTICULARLY MAIN STREET. ROAD TO JACKSON
POINT IS FLOODED.
* IMPACT...AT 48.0 FEET...CARTHAGE POINT ROAD BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
* IMPACT...AT 47.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO ENTER THE FORMER BELWOOD
GOLF COURSE AND CARTHAGE POINT ROAD AREA SOUTH OF NATCHEZ.
* IMPACT...AT 45.0 FEET...WATER UNDER SOME BUILDINGS AROUND FORT
ADAMS, MISSISSIPPI.
* IMPACT...AT 44.0 FEET...SOME CAMPS AND MOST ACCESS ROADS FLOODED
ALONG LAKE MARY.
* IMPACT...AT 43.0 FEET...WATER IS OVER THORNBURG LAKE ROAD IN THE
AREA KNOWN AS ANNA'S BOTTOM NORTH OF NATCHEZ. ALSO, LAKE MARY ROAD
IS UNDER WATER.
* IMPACT...AT 38.0 FEET...LOWLANDS ALONG THE RIVER IN AREAS NOT
PROTECTED BY LEVEES BEGIN TO FLOOD. SOME OF THESE AREAS CONTAIN OIL
AND GAS WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER, BUT ARE NOT AFFECTED
UNTIL HIGHER STAGES.
&&
FLOOD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN CREST TIME DATE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NATCHEZ 48 50.6 THU 10 AM 50.6 50.5 50.4 CRESTING
$$
...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT VICKSBURG
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* AT 8:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 44.3 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 43.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
MONDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 44.0 FEET...FORD AND KINGS SUBDIVISION AT PITTMAN ROAD
AND MARY'S ALLEY BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 43.0 FEET...JACKSON LANE IN NORTH VICKSBURG BEGINS TO
FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 42.0 FEET...BUNGE GRAIN FACILITY NEAR ST. JOSEPH
LOUISIANA CEASES LOADING OPERATIONS .
* IMPACT...AT 41.0 FEET...THE STORM WATER DRAIN VALVES ARE CLOSED AT
THE FLOOD GATES ALONG THE VICKSBURG WATER FRONT.
* IMPACT...AT 40.0 FEET...SEVERAL ROADS IN THE LONG LAKE AND CHICKASAW
BAYOU COMMUNITIES ARE INUNDATED.
* IMPACT...AT 39.0 FEET...BEGIN CLOSING FIRST FLOOD GATE AT THE
VICKSBURG WATERFRONT.
* IMPACT...AT 36.5 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO AFFECT THE LONG LAKE
COMMUNITY.
* IMPACT...AT 35.0 FEET...SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF FARM,
AGRICULTURAL, AND BOTTOM LAND FLOODS. IN THE YAZOO BACKWATER AREA
NORTH OF THE CITY, HUNTING CAMPS AND FORESTED LAND BEGIN TO FLOOD.
&&
FLOOD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN CREST TIME DATE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VICKSBURG 43 44.3 THU 08 AM 44.2 44.1 43.8 FALLING
$$
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT NATCHEZ
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 50.6 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 48.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN STEADY THROUGH FRIDAY AND THEN BEGIN
TO FALL SLOWLY
* IMPACT...AT 51.0 FEET...WATER IS COVERING THE ROADS IN OLD DOWNTOWN
AREA OF FORT ADAMS...PARTICULARLY MAIN STREET. ROAD TO JACKSON
POINT IS FLOODED.
* IMPACT...AT 48.0 FEET...CARTHAGE POINT ROAD BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
* IMPACT...AT 47.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO ENTER THE FORMER BELWOOD
GOLF COURSE AND CARTHAGE POINT ROAD AREA SOUTH OF NATCHEZ.
* IMPACT...AT 45.0 FEET...WATER UNDER SOME BUILDINGS AROUND FORT
ADAMS, MISSISSIPPI.
* IMPACT...AT 44.0 FEET...SOME CAMPS AND MOST ACCESS ROADS FLOODED
ALONG LAKE MARY.
* IMPACT...AT 43.0 FEET...WATER IS OVER THORNBURG LAKE ROAD IN THE
AREA KNOWN AS ANNA'S BOTTOM NORTH OF NATCHEZ. ALSO, LAKE MARY ROAD
IS UNDER WATER.
* IMPACT...AT 38.0 FEET...LOWLANDS ALONG THE RIVER IN AREAS NOT
PROTECTED BY LEVEES BEGIN TO FLOOD. SOME OF THESE AREAS CONTAIN OIL
AND GAS WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER, BUT ARE NOT AFFECTED
UNTIL HIGHER STAGES.
&&
FLOOD OBSERVED FORECAST 6AM CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME FRI SAT SUN CREST TIME DATE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NATCHEZ 48 50.6 THU 10 AM 50.6 50.5 50.4 CRESTING
$$
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
WEST CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EAST CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHENEYVILLE...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 511 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE
CHARLES INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS NEARLY STATIONARY
NEAR THE TOWN OF LECOMPTE. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING AS MUCH AS THREE
INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS AND A QUICK FILLING OF DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T 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 3114 9209 3096 9223 3098 9234 3100 9238
3099 9241 3100 9249 3124 9252
$$
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
WEST CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EAST CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHENEYVILLE...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 511 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE
CHARLES INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS NEARLY STATIONARY
NEAR THE TOWN OF LECOMPTE. THE STORM WAS PRODUCING AS MUCH AS THREE
INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS AND A QUICK FILLING OF DITCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE
FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE
ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 9209 3096 9223 3098 9234 3100 9238
3099 9241 3100 9249 3124 9252
$$
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THIS EVENING...Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Temps will fall into the middle 70s by 10PM. A variable wind.
OVERNIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 68-72. Variable wind.
FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 84-89. NE wind 4-10 mph.
FRIDAY NIGHT...Fair to partly cloudy and a bit cooler. Lows in the 60s. A light and variable wind.
SATURDAY...Clouds mixing with sunshine and warm. Highs 84-89. ESE wind 4-10 mph.
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