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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
639 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...The National Weather Service in Lake Charles LA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...Texas...

  Sabine River Near Bon Wier

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Friday morning at 645 AM CDT.

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LAC011-115-TXC351-031145-
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/BWRT2.1.ER.240503T1600Z.240504T1200Z.240506T0600Z.NO/
639 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sabine River near Bon Wier.

* WHEN...From Friday morning to early Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 30.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding will occur along
  the river between Merryville and Bon Wier. A few roads in
  Southwest Vernon Parish have water over them.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 6:15 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 28.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tomorrow morning to a crest of 30.5 feet Saturday
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage early Monday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 30.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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            Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location    Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Fri   Sat   Sun

Sabine River
Bon Wier    30.0  28.9  Thu 6 am CDT 29.8  30.5  30.4


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LAT...LON 3104 9348 3082 9350 3053 9363 3055 9383
      3078 9367 3104 9361


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