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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

120 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 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 400 PM CDT



* AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS 

AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 

5 INCHES OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE 

THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL AGGREVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING IN THESE 

AREAS. 



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

RAINS FLOOD ROADS...LOW LYING AREAS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND 

CREEKS VERY RAPIDLY.



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



LAT...LON 3039 9316 3035 9306 3008 9305 3008 9376

          2981 9393 2973 9391 2962 9433 3007 9442

          3021 9406 3023 9368 3039 9371

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