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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

812 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 811 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA FROM LAKE

  CHARLES TO BEAUMONT DURING THE PAST HOUR. 1 TO 3  INCHES OF 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1015 AM.



  REPORTS FROM THE BEAUMONT AREA INDICATE NUMEROUS STREETS ARE 

  UNDERWATER.



HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE

YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.



REMEMBER...MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND

CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.



CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.



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