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WGUS74 KLCH 311525
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1025 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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TYLER TX-HARDIN TX-JASPER TX-
1025 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

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

AT 1021 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE AREA. 8 TO 16 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND TRAVEL IS
CURRENTLY NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY FROM SARATOGA
TO KOUNTZE...SILSBEE AND KIRBYVILLE. IF YOU ARE SAFE...STAY WHERE
YOU ARE! SEVERAL STREAM GAUGES CONTINUE TO INDICATE RAPIDLY RISING
STREAMS THAT ARE ALREADY FLOODING.

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.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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LAT...LON 3038 9469 3057 9444 3075 9387 3044 9389
      3011 9443 3011 9460

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BRAZZELL
