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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1202 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 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 600 PM CDT



* AT 1200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON

  AND ORANGE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS CALCASIEU PARISH DURING THE PAST

  3 HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES

  BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE 

  NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 6 PM. WITH SATURATED

  GROUNDS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING.



* NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDERWATER IN THE WARNED AREA. ALSO...THE ORANGE

  COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS HOMES FLOODED IN ORANGE

  COUNTY. IN ADDITION...HOUSTON RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN WESTERN 

  CALCASIEU PARISH REPORTED A FOOT OF WATER IN THEIR FIRE HOUSE. 



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

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



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 SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

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