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WGUS54 KLCH 051054
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
554 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...
  Tyler County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 900 AM CDT.

* At 554 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  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...
  Woodville, Colmesneil, Chester, Warren, Town Bluff, Rockland,
  Fred, Spurger, Ivanhoe and Hillister.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3106 9456 3103 9447 3107 9427 3078 9414
      3052 9407 3053 9454 3101 9466

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Jones