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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

826 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILDWOOD...THICKET...SOUR LAKE...

  SILSBEE...SARATOGA...LUMBERTON...KOUNTZE...

  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

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

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

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

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

  BEAUMONT...

  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

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

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

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

  MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE CITY...

  SOUTHERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WARREN...FRED...

  WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SINGER...MERRYVILLE...FIELDS...DE

  RIDDER...



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 814 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 ORETTA...

  JUNCTION...VILLAGE MILLS...SPURGER...ROGANVILLE...MT. UNION...

  MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...IVANHOE...HILLISTER AND BLEAKWOOD.



A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 

DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED 2 

TO 4 INCHES OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN SINCE 

IKE HAS MADE LANDFALL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1130 AM.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3050 9470 3050 9455 3066 9458 3089 9321

      3043 9327 3041 9337 3049 9338 3050 9348

      3041 9348 3040 9376 3013 9370 2982 9395

      2968 9383 2968 9406 2956 9436 2989 9438

      2990 9446 3011 9446 3012 9462 3044 9473



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