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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1236 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

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VERNON LA-ALLEN LA-BEAUREGARD LA-RAPIDES LA-CALCASIEU LA-
AVOYELLES LA-TYLER TX-ORANGE TX-JEFFERSON TX-HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
NEWTON TX-
1236 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES  HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST FRIDAY

* AT 1235 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
  THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL
  CAUSE FLOODING. UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ALEXANDRIA...ORANGE...NEDERLAND...
  GROVES...PINEVILLE...PORT NECHES...LUMBERTON...VIDOR...BRIDGE
  CITY...JASPER...LEESVILLE...SILSBEE...WEST ORANGE...WOODVILLE...
  NEWTON...KIRBYVILLE...KOUNTZE AND SOUR LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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LAT...LON 3139 9266 3148 9220 3133 9205 3071 9290
      3049 9349 2999 9380 2998 9387 2974 9396
      2989 9444 3011 9445 3011 9458 3048 9466
      3050 9454 3101 9465 3117 9358 3128 9353
      3128 9344 3136 9339 3135 9295 3152 9272

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K. KUYPER