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THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BOEUF RIVER NEAR FORT NECESSITY
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 51.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 50.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEAR 51.2 FEET.
* IMPACT...AT 50.0 FEET...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF FARM AND AGRICULTURAL
LAND ALONG AND NEAR THE RIVER.
* IMPACT...AT 40.0 FEET...BEGINNING OF MINOR OVERBANK FLOODING NEAR
THE RIVER.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 50.7 FEET
ON JAN 23 1988.
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FLOOD OBSERVED FORECAST 7AM CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME THU FRI SAT CREST DAY TIME
BOEUF RIVER
FORT NECESSITY 50 51.2 WED 10 AM 51.2 51.1 51.1 FALLING
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BE SIMPLY OPPRESSIVE. WITH THE
STRENGTHENING HIGH OVERHEAD...AFTERNOON HIGHS ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY WILL REACH 100 ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR...WITH LOWER 100S
EXPECTED NORTH OF US-190. COUPLED WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER
70S...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL RANGE 107 TO 111 DURING THE TIME OF
MAXIMUM HEATING. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FALL BELOW
80 DEGREES EACH NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
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