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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
847 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT.
* AT 847 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WOODVILLE, COLMESNEIL, CHESTER, WARREN, TOWN BLUFF, ROCKLAND,
FRED, SPURGER, IVANHOE AND HILLISTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3106 9456 3103 9447 3107 9427 3078 9414
3052 9407 3053 9454 3101 9466
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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