Quote: we dont have a problem with forest fires, its the humidity and heat index that kills us....100+degree days and 80+ degree nights.......we need some rain bad to cool things of for a day or so.....
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 538 PM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR VERNON PARISH UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING.
AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PARISH... WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
RADAR INDICATES TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PARISH NEAR FORT POLK. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA.