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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
749 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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AVOYELLES LA-
749 PM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH
UNTIL 330 PM CDT SATURDAY...

DUE TO THE RISING WATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BACK WATER
FLOODING CONTINUES TO FILL INTO NORTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH AND UP
THE RED RIVER. AT 7 PM...WATER LEVELS IN THE BACK WATER AREA ARE
AROUND 47.5 FEET AT ACME AND RED RIVER LOCK 1. THERE HAS BEEN A
RISE OF ONE QUARTER FOOT IN THE WATER LEVELS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
WATER LEVELS ARE NEAR CREST NOW AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY
STEADY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

AT THESE LEVELS...WIDESPREAD LOWLAND FLOODING IN THE BACK WATER AREA
OF NORTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME SECONDARY
ROADS ARE FLOODED WITH ACCESS TO SOME CAMPS CUT OFF.  PORTIONS OF
THE LAKE OPHELIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WILL ALSO SEE FLOODING.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL PARISH OFFICIALS.

LAT...LON 3098 9179 3101 9185 3101 9181 3105 9177
      3111 9180 3112 9193 3126 9194 3131 9193
      3131 9189 3125 9179 3122 9170 3106 9170

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