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WGUS64 KLCH 281624
FFALCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1124 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
 ...THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS...
  SABINE RIVER NEAR DEWEYVILLE AFFECTING BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...
  NEWTON AND ORANGE COUNTIES/PARISHES
...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...
  CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR GLENMORA AFFECTING RAPIDES PARISH
  CALCASIEU RIVER AT OLD TOWN BAY AFFECTING CALCASIEU PARISH
.RAINFALL ON THE CALCASIEU RIVER UPSTREAM OF GLENMORA WAS LESS THAN FORECAST
YESTERDAY AND MAY NOT EVEN REACH FLOOD STAGE WITH RAINFALL THAT IS CURRENTLY 
FORECAST. THE WATCH MAY BE CANCELLED FOR GLENMORA TONIGHT OR TOMORROW. 
DOWNSTREAM AT OLD TOWN BAY...HEAVY RAIN FELL JUST SOUTH OF OLD TOWN BAY THIS 
MORNING. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 
DUE TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND UPSTREAM FLOWS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING OF LOW 
LYING AREAS AND ALONG RIVERS AND STREAMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH 
AREA REMAIN ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLOODING OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADWAYS COVERED 
BY HIGH WATER. YOU MAY CHECK THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST 
RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION, WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/LCH.
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1124 AM CDT WED MAY 28 2014
THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE SABINE RIVER NEAR DEWEYVILLE.
* AT 10:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
* IMPACT...AT STAGES NEAR 24.0 FEET...MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING WILL 
  OCCUR. 
* IMPACT...AT STAGES NEAR 23.0 FEET...THE RIVER IS AT BANKFULL 
  STAGE.
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LAT...LON 3058 9381 3011 9377 3014 9364 3043 9368 3057 9358
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