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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AVOYELLES...EVANGELINE...
RAPIDES AND ST. LANDRY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...IBERIA...
LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY AND UPPER ST. MARTIN.
IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...ACADIA...ALLEN...CALCASIEU...
CAMERON...JEFFERSON DAVIS AND VERMILION.

* FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING

* THE COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND MOISTURE
FROM AN SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEST OF HURRICANE IDA OVER
THE NORTHERN GULF WILL RESULT IN A LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL TO
DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY
OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA.

* THIS WILL RESULT IN A LARGE SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WITH A 3 TO 4 INCH AREA
POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY
TUESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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