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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

333 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SABINE PASS...PORT NECHES...PORT

  ARTHUR...NOME...NEDERLAND...HAMSHIRE...GROVES...CENTRAL GARDENS...

  BEAUMONT...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 329 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  BEVIL OAKS



RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS 

ACROSS PARTS OF JERFFERSON COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS 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 3016 9412 3008 9410 3000 9400 2997 9387

      2980 9394 2967 9384 2968 9405 2957 9436

      2990 9436 2991 9444 3009 9444 3010 9435

      3018 9417



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