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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

517 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



TXC245-361-291130-

JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-

517 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR ORANGE AND

NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 514 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND RAINFALL 

GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED OVER 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS ARE IN AN AREA FROM HAMSHIRE TO CHINA TO BEAUMONT TO VIDOR. 



REPORTS FROM LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT MANY OF THE 

UNDERPASSES IN BEAUMONT AND VIDOR ARE UNDERWATER AND HAVE BEEN 

BARRICADED. 



THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH FROM HAMSHIRE TO BEAUMONT TO 

ORANGE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



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

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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2997 9441 2975 9430 3007 9372 3022 9385



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