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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

640 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



TXC199-241-457-190115-

JASPER TX-TYLER TX-HARDIN TX-

640 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR 

HARDIN...TYLER AND JASPER COUNTIES...



AT 630 PM CDT...LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS INDICATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN TYLER AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES 

SINCE 5 PM. HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA 

FROM THE WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WARREN...KIRBYVILLE...FRED...AND KOUNTZE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LAKE

CHARLES.



LAT...LON 3048 9471 3048 9453 3049 9452 3056 9452

      3063 9455 3087 9387 3047 9390 3021 9462



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