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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
555 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST
    
* AT 552 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR
  ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...GROVES...PORT
  NECHES...LUMBERTON...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...SILSBEE...WEST ORANGE...
  KOUNTZE...DEWEYVILLE...CENTRAL GARDENS...HAMSHIRE...BUNA...
  EVADALE...MAURICEVILLE...BEVIL OAKS AND CHINA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 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 2961 9435 3053 9438 3050 9371 3044 9370
      3039 9376 3033 9376 3029 9371 3021 9372
      3011 9370 3008 9373 3008 9372 3006 9370
      3006 9372 3000 9377 2998 9385 2987 9391

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