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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
101 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS JEFFERSON AND ORANGE
COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST. AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM NEAR FANNETT TO PORT ARTHUR THROUGH 4
AM. THIS HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...BRIDGE CITY...CENTRAL GARDENS...GROVES...HAMSHIRE...
MAURICEVILLE...NEDERLAND...PORT ARTHUR...PORT NECHES...SABINE
PASS...VIDOR...CHINA...FANNETT...FOREST HEIGHTS...LA BELLE...
LAKEVIEW...ORANGEFIELD...PINE FOREST...PORT ACRES...ROSE CITY AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT.
SOME OF THE STREAMS THAT WILL BE MORE PRONE TO FLOODING INCLUDE
BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLOW MARSH BAYOU...PEVITOT GULLY...BAYOU
DIN AND PORTIONS OF TAYLORS BAYOU ALL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
UNDERPASSESS IN NEDERLAND AND PORT ARTHUR MAY BECOME FLOODED AS
WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3019 9418 3016 9411 3020 9410 3022 9411
3024 9411 3024 9373 2997 9380 2996 9385
2993 9385 2987 9391 2978 9392 2973 9387
2965 9429 3000 9440
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