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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
511 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2013

...MULTI-DAY RAINFALL EVENT IS BEGINNING...

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VERNON-RAPIDES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-CALCASIEU-
JEFFERSON DAVIS-WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-
ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...
LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...
HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...WOODVILLE...
COLMESNEIL...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...
ORANGE...VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON...
BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
511 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST 
  TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...ALLEN...
  BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...EVANGELINE...
  JEFFERSON DAVIS...RAPIDES...VERNON AND WEST CAMERON. IN 
  SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JEFFERSON...NORTHERN JASPER...
  NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON 
  AND TYLER. 

* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

* AREAS OF RAINFALL ARE STARTING TO AFFECT EAST TEXAS AND WESTERN
  LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. WHILE FORECAST TO REMAIN GENERALLY
  SCATTERED IN NATURE THIS MORNING...COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...AND THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
  FLOODING RAINS...WILL COME ON WEDNESDAY AS A SLOW MOVING SURFACE
  FRONT ADVANCES THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH LATE
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER
  WESTERN LOUISIANA...AND 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER EAST TEXAS. LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

* RECENT RAINFALL EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOILS WITH A REDUCED
  ABSORPTION CAPACITY...AND RAINFALL THAT OCCURS TODAY AND TONIGHT
  WILL ONLY SERVE TO WORSEN THIS SITUATION IN THE LEAD UP TO THE
  PERIOD OF GREATEST RISK...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. URBAN
  FLOODING WILL BE A RISK FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT GIVEN THE
  POTENTIAL FOR HIGH RAINFALL RATES. FLOODING OF RIVERS AND BAYOUS
  MAY ALSO BECOME A CONCERN ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL
  WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE EVENT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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