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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1046 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

...COASTAL FLOODING CONTINUES...

.STRONG WINDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE WATER
LEVELS TO REMAIN HIGH ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS TIDAL LAKES AND
RIVERS.

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CALCASIEU-
1046 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

TIDE LEVELS ARE RUNNING HIGH UP THE CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL BETWEEN
2.5 AND 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AROUND THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF LAKE CHARLES NEAR THE CALCASIEU RIVER AND THE LAKE.
SOME OF THE ROADS THAT HAVE WATER ON THEM...ARE RIVER ROAD IN
NORTHERN LAKE CHARLES AND MIMS ROAD IN WEST LAKE. THE BOAT LAUNCH
AT I-10 IS ALSO FLOODED. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE A
LITTLE MORE OR HOLD NEARLY STEADY THROUGH 3 PM BEFORE WATER LEVELS
BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING.

WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY RECEDE OFF THE ROADS TONIGHT AND GO BACK
ABOVE FLOOD LEVELS AGAIN LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

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CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-JEFFERSON-
ORANGE-
1046 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE COAST ARE CURRENTLY FALLING...HOWEVER THEY
WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH FOR MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY
EXPERIENCE WAVE OVER-WASH AS WELL NEAR THE COAST SUCH AS HIGHWAY 82
WEST OF CAMERON. WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER TOMORROW
MORNING AT HIGH TIDE AND COASTAL FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR TOMORROW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

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