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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
407 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA...

.A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING RAINS. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

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VERNON-RAPIDES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-CALCASIEU-WEST CAMERON-TYLER-
HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-
SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...LAKE CHARLES...
SULPHUR...HACKBERRY...WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...
SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...
JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
407 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ALLEN... 
  BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...RAPIDES...VERNON AND WEST CAMERON. IN 
  TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN 
  NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER. 

* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* RAINFALL...3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. UP TO 10 INCHES IN
  ISOLATED AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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