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LAC011-079-115-TXC241-351-252145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

152 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JASPER...EVADALE...BUNA...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...BURKEVILLE...BON WEIR...

  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERRYVILLE...DE RIDDER...

  VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...FORT POLK...



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT



* AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING FROM               

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS 

  ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM BUNA AND JASPER EASTWARD TO DERIDDER AND    

  LEESVILLE. THE RAINFALL WILL SPREAD TOWARD ALEXANDRIA DURING THE   

  NEXT HOUR.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW LLANO

  AND DEVILLE



RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE 

THIS MORNING...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF UP TO 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 3 

HOURS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3024 9410 3027 9382 3043 9376 3058 9316

      3088 9299 3095 9267 3137 9212 3143 9276

      3136 9289 3135 9337 3119 9354 3106 9418

      3067 9405



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