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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
145 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
TXC361-242015-
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145 PM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VIDOR...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 139 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY
OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH OVER THE SAME AREAS.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT HOUR. THE VIDOR POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT THE I-10
UNDERPASS AT VIDOR IS ALREADY IMPASSABLE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL
AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3024 9407 3023 9390 2998 9387 3000 9394
3001 9396 3001 9399 3003 9404 3006 9404
3008 9409 3012 9408 3013 9411 3014 9411
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