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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

130 PM CST TUE JAN 16 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY

TEXAS UNTIL 530 PM...



RADAR INDICATES THAT SINCE 10 AM... TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER

PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE GROUND IN THE AREA

HAD BEEN SOAKED BY RAINS OF RECENT DAYS.



RAIN IS TAPERING OFF IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME BUT CHANCES OF

RAIN WILL BE HIGH IN THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.



HIGHWAY 24 SOUTHBOUND OUT OF WINNIE IS REPORTEDLY UNDER WATER AND

MUCH OF HIGHWAY 24 HAS SOME WATER IN SPOTS. RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN

WINNIE ARE ALSO FLOODED.



SINCE THE GROUND IS SOAKED...RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA

CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF

ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS.



DO NOT WALK OF DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS EVEN IF THEY APPEAR

SHALLOW.



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