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CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
LOUISIANA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS - BATON ROUGE, LA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
803 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS BEING TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF
THE LOUISIANA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
...EMERGENCY MESSAGE FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA...
AVOYELLES...POINT COUPEE...ST LANDRY...ST
MARTIN...IBERVILLE...IBERIA...ASSUMPTION...ST
MARY...TERREBONNE...LAFOURCHE 
DUE TO THE HIGH WATER IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...THE UNITED STATES
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS BEGUN OPENING THE MORGANZA SPILLWAY.
THE SPILLWAY WILL BE OPENED IN STAGES...WITH WATER LEVELS
GRADUALLY RISING IN THE BASIN. BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE
CORPS...THE WATER WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS TO TRAVEL
FROM THE OPENING OF THE SPILLWAY TO THE MORGAN CITY AREA. FLOODING
WILL OCCUR IN THE SPILLWAY AND LOW LYING AREAS IN AND AROUND THE
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. CITIZENS
SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO INFORMATION FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS AND
THE MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS...VISIT
WWW.EMERGENCY.LOUISIANA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION.
FOR RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND RIVER STAGES INFORMATION...VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LCH AND WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LMRFC.
YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW BOTH GOHSEP(GOVERNORS OFFICE OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS) AND THE WEATHER SERVICE ON
ON FACEBOOK. GOHSEP IS WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/?REF=HOME#!/GOHSEP AND THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES IS
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/?REF=HOME#!/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.LAKECHARLES.
GOV
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