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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

714 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



TXC245-361-170100-

JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-

714 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ORANGE AND

JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 712 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A 

THUNDERSTORM IN THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE OCCURRING 

NEAR SABINE PASS...PORT ARTHUR AND SOUTHERN ORANGE.



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 3 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC. THESE RAINS ARE FALLING ON TOP OF NEARLY 8 

INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER TODAY...OVERWHELMING DRAINAGE 

SYSTEMS AND RESULTING IN STREET FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3006 9438 2991 9433 2965 9428 2984 9386

      3010 9372 3015 9370 3024 9372 3019 9401

      3016 9410 3012 9417 3011 9430



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WGUS74 KLCH 170018

FFSLCH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

714 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



TXC245-361-170100-

JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-

714 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ORANGE AND

JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 712 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A 

THUNDERSTORM IN THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE OCCURRING 

NEAR SABINE PASS...PORT ARTHUR AND SOUTHERN ORANGE.



TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 3 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC. THESE RAINS ARE FALLING ON TOP OF NEARLY 8 

INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER TODAY...OVERWHELMING DRAINAGE 

SYSTEMS AND RESULTING IN STREET FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3006 9438 2991 9433 2965 9428 2984 9386

      3010 9372 3015 9370 3024 9372 3019 9401

      3016 9410 3012 9417 3011 9430



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