858 WGUS44 KLCH 111821 FLWLCH BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1221 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016 LAC009-011-079-115-TXC199-241-351-457-120315- /O.NEW.KLCH.FA.W.0002.160311T1821Z-160312T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ VERNON LA-BEAUREGARD LA-RAPIDES LA-AVOYELLES LA-TYLER TX-HARDIN TX- JASPER TX-NEWTON TX- 1221 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... WESTERN BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA... RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA... TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CST FRIDAY * AT 1218 PM CST...RAINFALL FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS CONTINUES TO DRAIN, HOWEVER FLOODING CONTINUES TO AFFECT SOME ROADWAYS AWAY FROM THE MAJOR RIVERS. MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ACROSS LOWER SPOTS IN HILLY TERRAIN OR IN AREAS THAT NORMAL FLOOD. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BEAUMONT...ALEXANDRIA...PINEVILLE...LUMBERTON...JASPER... LEESVILLE...SILSBEE...WOODVILLE...NEWTON...KIRBYVILLE...KOUNTZE... SOUR LAKE...ROSEPINE...GLENMORA...MERRYVILLE...BOYCE...ANACOCO... FRED...SARATOGA AND LENA. 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...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. && LAT...LON 3139 9266 3148 9220 3133 9205 3096 9256 3087 9324 3032 9380 3024 9412 3019 9410 3017 9427 3012 9430 3014 9451 3033 9457 3050 9454 3104 9434 3117 9358 3128 9353 3128 9344 3136 9339 3135 9295 3152 9272 $$ TINGLER