000 FPUS74 KLCH 060004 NOWLCH SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 704 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 GMZ435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-TXZ180>182-060215- VERMILION BAY-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN- EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE- UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER- JASPER-NEWTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE... NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON 704 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2009 .NOW... THROUGH 9 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LAKES AREA OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE NORTH OF A WOODVILLE TO ALEXANDRIA LINE. MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. RAINFALL RATES WILL BE AROUND ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. $$ K. KUYPER