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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
926 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS RANGE FROM 2
  TO 5 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS 4 TO 8 INCHES. WATER LEVEL GAUGES CONTINUE TO INDICATE
  RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS ON COW BAYOU AND ADAMS BAYOU IN
  NORTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY WITH FLOODING ONGOING. RADAR INDICATED
  THAT THE LINE OF HEAVIER RAINS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE EAST
  AGAIN...HOWEVER PERIODS OF HEAVIER SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BRIDGE CITY...MAURICEVILLE...ORANGE...WEST ORANGE...FOREST HEIGHTS
  AND ORANGEFIELD.

FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED ALONG COW AND ADAMS BAYOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 2998 9386 3000 9392 2999 9393 3002 9398
      3013 9396 3024 9391 3024 9371 3009 9376
      3000 9377 2997 9380 2996 9385

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