Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 459 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-211500- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER- NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 459 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING...CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST THIS WEEKEND. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...RAIN CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WILL INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. RAIN TOTALS WITH THIS SYSTEM COULD REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.