646 
WGUS84 KLCH 202206
FLSLCH

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
506 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2012

LAC045-101-210000-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FA.Y.0072.120720T2206Z-120721T0000Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. MARY LA-IBERIA LA-
506 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  CENTRAL IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...JEANERETTE...AVERY
  ISLAND...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. MARY PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 504 PM CDT A VERY SLOW MOVING STORM CONTINUES TO DRIFT ALONG 
THE HIGHWAY 90 CORRIDOR. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
IS INDICATING THAT SOME LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 
INCHES OVER THE PAST HOUR OR TWO, AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES 
MAY BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF THE NEW IBERIA 
AREA.

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.

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LAT...LON 2975 9163 2989 9195 3007 9191 2994 9161

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TINGLER