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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

155 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 500 PM CST



* AT 155 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED   

THAT 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS AREAS FROM PORT ARTHUR 

WESTWARD TO JUST NORTH OF SEA RIM STATE PARK SINCE THIS MORNING. 

FLOODING OF SEVERAL HOMES IS OCCURRING IN THE PORT ARTHUR AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS ANOTHER 

ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO THE AREA.



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.



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