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FPUS74 KLCH 151803
NOWLCH

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
100 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-
151900-
ACADIA-ALLEN-ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON 20 NM OUT-
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON 20 TO 60 NM OUT-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
CALCASIEU-CAMERON-CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND 20 NM OUT-
CAMERON TO HIGH ISLAND 20 TO 60 NM OUT-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST MARTIN-NEWTON-
ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN-VERMILION-
VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...
BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...CAMERON...CROWLEY...DERIDDER...JASPER...
JENNINGS...KOUNTZE...LAFAYETTE...LAKE CHARLES...LEESVILLE...
MARKSVILLE...MORGAN CITY...NEW IBERIA...NEWTON...OBERLIN...
OPELOUSAS...ORANGE...ST MARTINVILLE...VILLE PLATTE...WOODVILLE

.NOW...
THROUGH 2 PM...RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP IN THE NEAR SHORE WATERS AND MOVE INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS...PRODUCING 
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND RAINFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR...WILL 
MOVE ACROSS VERMILION...LAFAYETTE AND ST MARTIN PARISHES. STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. LIGHT 
RAIN..WITH RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE 
SEEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA.

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