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WGUS74 KLCH 311616
FFSLCH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1116 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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TYLER TX-HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
1116 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TYLER...HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTIES...

AT 1111 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
MUCH OF HARDIN COUNTY. WATER RESCUES ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING NEAR
SILSBEE TEXAS. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM SARATOGA
NORTHEAST TO KOUNTZE...AND KIRBYVILLE. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING AND MANY ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER IN THE WARNED AREA.
DO NOT TRAVEL IN THIS AREA...IF YOU ARE SAFE PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU
ARE.


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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. 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 3075 9387 3044 9389
      3011 9443 3011 9460

$$

BRAZZELL
