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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
212 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.
* AT 212 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL.
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...
BEAUMONT, LUMBERTON, KOUNTZE, SOUR LAKE, SARATOGA, THICKET, BEVIL
OAKS, HONEY ISLAND, BATSON AND VOTAW.
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 3029 9421 3018 9421 3017 9424 3017 9427
3015 9428 3011 9437 3010 9440 3010 9442
3012 9444 3011 9460 3049 9473 3049 9455
3038 9429
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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