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WGUS74 KLCH 262315

FFSLCH

TXC245-361-270115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

605 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR ORANGE AND 

JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED... 

AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT 6

AND LOCAL MEDIA INDICATE BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE 

CITY OF BEAUMONT ALONG INTERSTATE 10. THE UNDER PASSES AT INTERSTATE

10 AND PINE STREET AND INTERSTATE 10 AND MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD

ARE UNDERWATER AND CLOSED. MANY OTHER STREETS IN THE BEAUMONT AREA

HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS ENDING...THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW

TO RECEDE AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHILE TRAVELING THIS EVENING.



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.



A FLOOD WATCH WILL ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE 

POSSIBILITY OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 

OVERNIGHT.



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



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000 

WGUS74 KLCH 262315

FFSLCH

TXC245-361-270115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

605 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR ORANGE AND 

JEFFERSON COUNTIES...



AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED... 

AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT 6

AND LOCAL MEDIA INDICATE BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM ACROSS NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE 

CITY OF BEAUMONT ALONG INTERSTATE 10. THE UNDER PASSES AT INTERSTATE

10 AND PINE STREET AND INTERSTATE 10 AND MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD

ARE UNDERWATER AND CLOSED. MANY OTHER STREETS IN THE BEAUMONT AREA

HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL IS ENDING...THE FLOOD WATERS WILL BE SLOW

TO RECEDE AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHILE TRAVELING THIS EVENING.



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.



A FLOOD WATCH WILL ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE 

POSSIBILITY OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 

OVERNIGHT.



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



$$

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