061 WGUS54 KLCH 091642 FFWLCH LAC115-TXC241-351-457-092230- /O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0002.160309T1642Z-160309T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1042 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 1034 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN THIS MORNING IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THESE LOCATIONS AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JASPER...LEESVILLE...NEWTON...ANACOCO...TOWN BLUFF...TOLEDO BEND DAM...EBENEZER...BURKEVILLE...FORT POLK...NEW LLANO...HORNBECK... BROWNDELL...ROGANVILLE...HARRISBURG...STRINGTOWN...MAYFLOWER... FARRSVILLE...KURTHWOOD...JAMESTOWN AND BURR FERRY. SOME OF THE SMALL CREEKS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO PRARIE...SANDY AND COMRADE CREEKS...IN ADDITION TO BAYOU ANACOCO IN NORTHERN VERNON PARISH. IN NEWTON COUNTY SOME OF THE CREEKS INCLUDE LITTLE COW CREEK. IN JASPER COUNTY...SANDY CREEK AND WALNUT CREEK. IN TYLER COUNTY SANDY CREEK AND WOLF CREEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3088 9336 3088 9342 3086 9348 3088 9354 3085 9356 3072 9432 3107 9429 3116 9391 3117 9358 3120 9355 3128 9353 3128 9344 3136 9339 3136 9303 $$ BRAZZELL