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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

853 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST



* AT 849 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN LAKE 

CHARLES ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

ACCOMPANYING THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

HARDIN COUNTY AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY AND WILL BE 

MOVING NORTH THROUGH 11 PM...WHICH COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO 

OF RAINFALL ACROSS HARDIN COUNTY. MINOR FLOODING IS ALREADY BEING 

REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...WHICH WILL ONLY BE WORSENED WITH 

THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL APPROACHING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   

  KOUNTZE AND VILLAGE MILLS.



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

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



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS.



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



LAT...LON 3015 9459 3048 9470 3048 9455 3051 9453

      3051 9430 3052 9428 3051 9411 3021 9412



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