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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1252 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



...A FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 130 AM CDT..



AT 1245 AM CDT....NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE

EXTREME EAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES

PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE LINE MOVES NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL...GROUNDS ARE SATURATED WHILE BAYOUS

AND DITCHES ARE FULL. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE

FLOODING OF STREETS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.



MANY STREETS AND ROADWAYS MAY BECOME INUNDATED WITH THE HEAVY

RAINFALL...USE CAUTION. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DEEP

WATER THAT WILL STALL VEHICLES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS

THE ROAD.

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