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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

850 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION IN THE BEAUMONT AND VIDOR AREAS...



...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...ORANGE COUNTY

AND CALCASIEU PARISH UNTIL 1015 AM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES BANDS OF HEAVY

RAINFALL EXTENDING ACROSS ORANGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST

TEXAS...AS WELL AS CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THESE

RAIN BANDS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH

1015 AM.



ALREADY DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS FROM NEAR VIDOR TO CHINA...WITH A MAXIMUM OF

NEARLY 5 INCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF BEAUMONT.



THE FOLLOWING ARE REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...



JEFFERSON COUNTY...



ALL MAJOR UNDER-PASSES IN THE BEAUMONT AREA ARE UNDERWATER AND

IMPASSABLE. NUMEROUS STREETS IN THE WEST END OF BEAUMONT ARE

IMPASSABLE WITH CARS UNDERWATER AND FLOOD WATER ENTERING HOMES.

MOST STREETS AROUND THE PARKDALE MALL ARE UNDERWATER.



ORANGE COUNTY...

ACCESS ROAD OFF INTERSTATE 10 NEAR COW BAYOU IS IMPASSABLE AND

CLOSED. NUMEROUS STREETS IN THE VIDOR AREA ARE IMPASSABLE.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION



A REMINDER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. MOST DEATHS WITH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS FLOODING SITUATION AND

TO REPORT MAJOR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CALL

337-477-5285.



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