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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

613 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST ORANGE...VIDOR...ORANGE...

  MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE CITY...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTLAKE...VINTON...SULPHUR...

  STARKS...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES...IOWA...HAYES...DE QUINCY...

  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELSH...JENNINGS...FENTON...ELTON...



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 607 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 GILLIS



6 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2  TO 4 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 3047 9263 3021 9263 3011 9264 3007 9272

      3007 9373 2999 9386 3008 9406 3022 9408

      3022 9372 3024 9368 3031 9369 3033 9374

      3040 9374 3039 9347 3048 9347 3048 9339

      3039 9339 3040 9310 3043 9305 3043 9275

      3048 9276



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