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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

652 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024



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Hardin TX-Jasper TX-Orange TX-Tyler TX-

652 PM CDT Thu May 2 2024



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT FRIDAY...



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

  continues.



* WHERE...A portion of southeast Texas, including the following 

  counties, Hardin, Jasper, Orange and Tyler.



* WHEN...Until 900 AM CDT Friday.



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

  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 652 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges

    indicated heavy rain due to runoff from earlier rainfall.

    Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 4

    and 9 inches of rain have fallen.

  - Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the

    warned area.

  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...

    Beaumont, Lumberton, Silsbee, Kirbyville, Kountze, Sour Lake,

    Fred, Evadale, Wildwood, Warren, Saratoga, Buna, Thicket,

    Bevil Oaks, Lakeview, Caney Head, Village Mills, Honey

    Island, Weiss Bluff and Mt. Union.

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



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

deaths occur in vehicles.



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LAT...LON 3071 9406 3073 9387 3026 9390 3018 9417

      3019 9421 3017 9424 3017 9427 3015 9428

      3011 9443 3011 9460 3049 9473 3049 9454

      3060 9456





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