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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

205 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUMBERTON...

  EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

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

  BUNA...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT NECHES...NEDERLAND...HAMSHIRE...

  CENTRAL GARDENS...BEAUMONT...

  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...CALL...

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VIDOR...MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE CITY...



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  TWO TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA OVER    

  THE PAST SIX HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE     

  FLASH FLOODING. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE ACROSS ORANGE AND     

  JEFFERSON COUNTIES WHERE STORM SURGE FLOODING HAS FILLED UP MANY   

  OF THE RIVERS AND BAYOUS. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  ROGANVILLE...MT. UNION...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...HOLLY

  SPRINGS AND BLEAKWOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 2989 9438 2989 9440 3010 9439 3049 9404

      3094 9402 3093 9367 3005 9383 2960 9436

      2960 9437



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