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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
233 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 228 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING WITH THUNDERSTORMS 
LOCATED FROM THICKET TO TOWN BLUFF TO JASPER AND SAM RAYBURN DAM. 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TO FOUR INCHES 
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO 
TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THESE 
STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLISTER...WOODVILLE...IVANHOE BY 235 PM CDT
  SPURGER BY 240 PM CDT
  TOWN BLUFF BY 245 PM CDT
  MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 255 PM CDT
  JASPER...ROGANVILLE BY 305 PM CDT
  HOLLY SPRINGS BY 310 PM CDT

HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY...SO DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE WHERE WATERS OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE ROAD.

DURING HEAVY RAINS...STAY AWAY FROM DRAINAGE DITCHES...BAYOUS AND
CREEKS. THEY ARE PRONE TO RAPID RISES AND MAY FLOOD THE AREA QUICKLY.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT FLOODING TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3097 9464 3048 9452 3048 9473 3023 9463
      3057 9390 3093 9387 3114 9392

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