635  
WGUS44 KLCH 021724  
FLWLCH  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA  
1224 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
 
TXC199-241-245-457-030230-  
/O.NEW.KLCH.FA.W.0011.260902T1724Z-260903T0230Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-JEFFERSON TX-TYLER TX-  
1224 PM CDT WED SEP 2 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...  
CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...  
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...  
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 930 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS  
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO  
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1222 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
HEAVY RAIN DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AND THIS  
MORNING. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.  
BETWEEN 4 AND 20 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
LUMBERTON, SILSBEE, WOODVILLE, KOUNTZE, SOUR LAKE, COLMESNEIL,  
CHESTER, WARREN, WILDWOOD, FRED, THICKET, SARATOGA, TOWN BLUFF,  
ROCKLAND, BEVIL OAKS, VILLAGE MILLS, HONEY ISLAND, CANEY HEAD AND  
SPURGER.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
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 3101 9466 3106 9456 3105 9452 3101 9445  
3103 9437 3103 9427 3066 9408 3049 9408  
3037 9412 3016 9412 3017 9417 3015 9427  
3011 9429 3010 9442 3010 9445 3011 9444  
3011 9460 3049 9473 3049 9454  
 
 
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