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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1045 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006

.VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIR IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WILL COMBINE WITH LIFT PROVIDED BY IMPULSES
ROUNDING AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MEANDERING OVER
TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HIGH RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

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BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-
ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DERIDDER...LAKE CHARLES...CAMERON...
WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...
ORANGE
1045 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU AND CAMERON IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE AND TYLER.

* UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON

* AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL TEXAS IS 
  EXPECTED TO STALL OVER EAST TEXAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE 
  COMBINATION OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND DEEP TROPICAL AIR 
  IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN 
  WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS 
  AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE 
  GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA WILL BE OVER 
  SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WHERE SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 
  5 INCHES OF RAINFALL ON MONDAY. 

* AREAS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
  IN THE WATCH AREA THROUGH TODAY...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5
  INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE IN A FEW SPOTS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS AND SOIL CONDITIONS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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