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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX

925 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 907 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE EYE OF HURRICANE 

  RITA BETWEEN WOODVILLE AND BROWNDELL.  THESE STORMS HAD BEEN

  REGENERATING OVER THESE AREAS FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.



THOUGH THESE STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE NORTH AT ABOUT 10 MPH... 

RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT AROUND 10 INCHES OF RAIN MAY 

HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN THE PAST 3 HOURS AND FLOODING WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST AROUND 1130 AM.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...

OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3067 9438 3056 9390 3114 9393 3101 9450



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