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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

521 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT



* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL MOVE

  ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SARATOGA TO BUNA...AND SOUTH OF 

  A LINE FROM WOODVILLE TO JASPER. RAINFALL RATES OVER NORTHWEST 

  HARDIN COUNTY ARE ESTIMATED AT ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR...AND 

  THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 

  TO MOVE NORTHEAST...WHILE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN FROM THE  

  WEST AND TRACKS OVER THE SAME AREAS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  KOUNTZ

  VILLAGE MILLS

  FRED

  KIRBYVILLE



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

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



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 3048 9471 3048 9453 3049 9452 3056 9452

      3063 9455 3087 9387 3047 9390 3021 9462



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