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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

727 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024



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Allen LA-Beauregard LA-Calcasieu LA-Vernon LA-Hardin TX-Jasper TX-

Newton TX-Tyler TX-

727 AM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...



* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is 

  expected.



* WHERE...Portions of Louisiana, including the following parishes, 

  Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu and Vernon and southeast Texas, 

  including the following counties, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Tyler.



* WHEN...Until 130 PM CDT Monday.



* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 

  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams 

  continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. 

  Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be 

  passable. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 727 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges

    indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is

    already occurring in the warned area. Between 3 and 7 inches

    of rain have fallen with local amounts up to 10 inches.

  - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.2 inches are possible in

    the warned area.

  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...

    Lumberton, De Ridder, Jasper, Leesville, Silsbee, Woodville,

    Newton, Kirbyville, Kountze, Rosepine, Merryville, Reeves,

    Bon Weir, Call, Fields, Burkeville, Singer, Buna, De Quincy

    and Town Bluff.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are 

potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded 

roads. Find an alternate route.



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LAT...LON 3082 9448 3094 9433 3095 9397 3098 9374

      3117 9318 3115 9300 3076 9293 3055 9293

      3049 9318 3066 9322 3039 9356 3026 9430

      3048 9436 3046 9455 3049 9456 3050 9454

      3077 9460





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