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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

617 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR ORANGE AND

NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS JEFFERSON AND 

ORANGE COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES HAVE FALLEN 

ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY INTO ORANGE COUNTY AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO RUNOFF INTO ALREADY FILLED DITCHES AND STREAMS. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA. 



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF STREETS AND HOMES IN 

NORTHERN BEAUMONT AND VIDOR.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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