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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

521 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004



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 815 PM CDT



* AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED

  AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  ACROSS PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL

  HAS FALLEN IN THE BEAUMONT AREA WITH A FOOT OF WATER ON MANY ROADWAYS

  WITH VEHICLES STALLED OUT.  



* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER ORANGE COUNTY 

  THROUGH 630 PM. EVEN AFTER THE RAINFALL ENDS...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

  AS THE WATER ON MANY STREETS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE.

   



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.



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



LAT...LON 3020 9386 3012 9419 2980 9419 2995 9382



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