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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1050 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 200 PM CST



* AT 1050 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED  

  THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF           

  JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES JUST SOUTH OF PORT ARTHUR AND        

  ORANGE TEXAS. FLOODING OF SEVERAL HOMES HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED. 

  EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH 2 PM. 



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. 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.



LAT...LON 3024 9373 3001 9379 2986 9392 2969 9391

          2966 9414 3010 9418

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