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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

604 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

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

  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUGARTOWN...SINGER...RAGLEY...

  MERRYVILLE...FIELDS...DRY CREEK...DE RIDDER...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 601 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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



2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 

5 INCHES OF RAINFALL 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 3062 9299 3062 9313 3042 9314 3042 9335

      3050 9337 3051 9349 3042 9349 3042 9375

      3035 9377 3028 9371 3027 9387 3027 9387

      3086 9384 3087 9298



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