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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
254 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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TYLER TX-HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
254 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HARDIN AND CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTIES...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TYLER...HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 248 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT MODERATE RAINFALL IS BEGINNING TO END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE AREA. SINCE THE RAIN STARTED...8 TO 18 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POISSIBLE.
FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS THE AREA WITH STREAM GAUGES
CONTINUING TO SHOW RAPID RISES. NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS
THE AREA. IF YOU ARE IN A SAFE LOCATION...PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU ARE.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HARDIN AND CENTRAL JASPER
COUNTIES.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...KIRBYVILLE...KOUNTZE...SOUR LAKE...
EVADALE...THICKET...FRED...SARATOGA...WILDWOOD...BUNA...VILLAGE
MILLS...GIST...HONEY ISLAND...CANEY HEAD...WEISS BLUFF AND BATSON.

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.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 9469 3057 9444 3074 9387 3024 9390
      3024 9412 3022 9412 3020 9409 3017 9416
      3019 9421 3018 9421 3017 9424 3017 9427
      3015 9428 3011 9443 3011 9460

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