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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

1050 PM CST MON NOV 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 245 AM CST



* AT 1045 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS TYLER AND 

  HARDIN COUNTIES DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THIS RAINFALL IS IN 

  ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL MONDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER 

  PAIR OF LINES OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE 

  AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.



TYLER COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT FLOODING AROUND WOODVILLE AND 

WARREN...WITH SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE. HARDIN COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT 

MINOR FLOODING IN THE COMMUNITIES OF VILLAGE MILLS...KOUNTZE AND 

SILSBEE...WHERE ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY FORCE THE 

CLOSURE OF SOME ROADS.



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

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

FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



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



LAT...LON 3099 9425 3020 9412 3015 9457 3109 9468



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