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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
453 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

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 800 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
BEAUMONT TO 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAURICEVILLE...WITH INDIVIDUAL 
STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 4 
TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 
TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM...CAUSING ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSE
  CITY...VIDOR AND PINE FOREST.

HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.

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 3010 9445 2990 9445 2990 9438 2970 9436
      2984 9386 3010 9372 3015 9370 3024 9372
      3024 9410 3020 9408 3016 9410 3017 9427
      3011 9430

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