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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

634 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT



* AT 630 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING

  OF ROADWAYS IN NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES

  INDICATE UP TO AROUND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 330 PM 

  CDT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS ANBD THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH 10 MPH WILL

  BE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN THE SAME 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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS.



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



LAT...LON 3072 9383 3073 9363 3115 9362 3113 9385



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