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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1200 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT NOON CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND RAIN 

GAUGE REPORTS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT 6 INDICATED 7 

TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL BEAUMONT...WITH 10 TO 

13 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF BEAUMONT CITY 

LIMITS ALONG I-10 AND SH 365. RADAR ESTIMATES ACROSS WESTERN 

JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM HAMSHIRE WESTWARD TO THE JEFFERSON AND 

CHAMBERS COUNTY LINE ARE OVER 18 INCHES WITH THIS EVENT.



MANY UNDERPASSES IN BEAUMONT AND THE REMAINDER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY 

REMAIN UNDERWATER AND IMPASSABLE. WITHIN THE LAST HOUR...WATER WAS 

REPORTED TO BE COMING INTO HOMES ACROSS WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY 

NEAR FANNETT. 



THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF...WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. 

HOWEVER...CONTINUED RUNOFF AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 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.



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



LAT...LON 3009 9445 2990 9445 2990 9437 2979 9437

      2996 9386 3002 9404 3006 9404 3007 9410

      3012 9410 3013 9411 3016 9412 3018 9421

      3011 9430



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