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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
122 AM CDT TUE AUG 29 2017

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HARDIN AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Jefferson County in southeastern Texas...
  Southwestern Newton County in southeastern Texas...
  Hardin County in southeastern Texas...
  Orange County in southeastern Texas...
  Southeastern Jasper County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 945 AM CDT Tuesday

* At 112 AM CDT, automated rain gauges indicated flash flooding is
  occurring across the warned area. Several stream gauges continue
  to show significant rises with major flooding ongoing along Pine
  Island, Hillebrandt and Taylor Bayous with ongoing evacuations.
  Additional very heavy rainfall is possible again overnight and any
  additional rainfall will continue to exacerbate the ongoing
  situation.

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Jefferson and Hardin counties.
  This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Nederland, Groves, Port Neches,
  Lumberton, Vidor, Bridge City, Silsbee, West Orange, Kountze, Sour
  Lake, Nome, Deweyville, Evadale, Central Gardens, Sabine Pass,
  Thicket and Saratoga.

Additional rainfall amounts of one to four inches with locally
higher amounts are possible in the warned area through this morning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do
not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to
flooding or under an evacuation order.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3052 9371 3044 9370 3033 9376 3029 9371
      3008 9373 3008 9372 3005 9370 3006 9371
      3000 9377 2999 9386 2981 9395 2968 9385
      2967 9406 2956 9436 2989 9436 2989 9444
      3011 9445 3011 9460 3049 9473 3049 9456

$$

TWH
