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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
150 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013
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JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-
150 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ORANGE AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...
AT 143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY.
THE RAINFALL IS STARTING TO COME TO AN END ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY
WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN. ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...BRIDGE CITY...CENTRAL GARDENS...GROVES...HAMSHIRE...
MAURICEVILLE...NEDERLAND...PORT ARTHUR...PORT NECHES...SABINE PASS...
VIDOR...FANNETT...FOREST HEIGHTS...LA BELLE...ORANGEFIELD...PINE
FOREST...PORT ACRES...ROSE CITY AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGIONAL AIRPORT.
THERE WAS A REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF PORT ARTHUR AT 137 A.M.
SOME DRAINAGES THAT WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO WILLOW MARSH BAYOU...PORTIONS OF TAYLORS BAYOU...BAYOU
DIN IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IN ORNAGE COUNTY PORTIONS OF THE COW BAYOU
DRAINAGE WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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 3007 9419 3016 9411 3020 9410 3024 9411
3024 9373 2998 9380 2996 9385 2993 9385
2987 9391 2978 9392 2973 9387 2970 9427
3000 9440
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