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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

631 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 628 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT 6   

  AND LOCAL MEDIA THAT A SWATH OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN  

  FROM HAMSHIRE TO CHINA TO BEAUMONT TO VIDOR SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



MANY UNDERPASSES IN BEAUMONT AND VIDOR ARE UNDERWATER AND 

IMPASSABLE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

OVER JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES AND ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 

NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG 

WITH RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN WILL PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 2997 9437 2975 9425 3009 9373 3020 9386



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