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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1041 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HAMSHIRE...BEAUMONT...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1037 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEAUMONT...

  MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.



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



THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR 

THROUGH BEAUMONT THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2982 9434 2997 9404 3016 9413 3015 9427

      3006 9442



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