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WGUS54 KLCH 291403

FFWLCH

TXC245-361-291700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

900 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 NOON CDT



* AT 900 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 7 TO OVER 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN FROM HAMSHIRE TO CHINA TO BEAUMONT TO VIDOR SINCE MIDNIGHT. 

  RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS     

  WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM HAMSHIRE WESTWARD TO THE JEFFERSON   

  AND CHAMBERS COUNTY LINE.



MANY UNDERPASSES IN BEAUMONT AND VIDOR REMAIN UNDERWATER AND 

IMPASSABLE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

OVER JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW 

BOUNDARY...WITH MOST OF THE RAINFALL FALLING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. 

AN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. 

THIS COMBINED WITH 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.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND

CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.



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



LAT...LON 3006 9445 2990 9445 2990 9437 2974 9437

      3001 9377 3006 9373 3011 9372 3014 9370

      3019 9371 3016 9393 3024 9398 3024 9406

      3016 9410



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000 

WGUS54 KLCH 291403

FFWLCH

TXC245-361-291700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

900 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 NOON CDT



* AT 900 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 7 TO OVER 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN FROM HAMSHIRE TO CHINA TO BEAUMONT TO VIDOR SINCE MIDNIGHT. 

  RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS     

  WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM HAMSHIRE WESTWARD TO THE JEFFERSON   

  AND CHAMBERS COUNTY LINE.



MANY UNDERPASSES IN BEAUMONT AND VIDOR REMAIN UNDERWATER AND 

IMPASSABLE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

OVER JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES ALONG A SOUTHWARD MOVING OUTFLOW 

BOUNDARY...WITH MOST OF THE RAINFALL FALLING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. 

AN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. 

THIS COMBINED WITH 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.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND

CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.



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



LAT...LON 3006 9445 2990 9445 2990 9437 2974 9437

      3001 9377 3006 9373 3011 9372 3014 9370

      3019 9371 3016 9393 3024 9398 3024 9406

      3016 9410



$$

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