...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...TEXAS...

SABINE RIVER NEAR ORANGE
CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR SALT WATER BARRIER
CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR WHITE OAK PARK
NECHES RIVER NEAR BEAUMONT
NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NECHES RIVER AT NECHES RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 7:15 PM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 7:15 PM CDT TUESDAY WAS 4.6 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF NEAR 5.1
FEET BY FRIDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 5.0 FEET, WATER IS ABOUT TWO FEET OVER PORTIONS OF
FOUR OAKS RANCH ROAD.

&&


FLD   OBSERVED           FORECASTS (7 PM CDT)
LOCATION        STG   STG   DAY/TIME     WED   THU   FRI

NECHES RIVER
SALTWATER BARRI 4.0   4.2   TUE 7 PM CDT 4.5   4.8   5.1





&&

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.

* AT 557 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.

SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.

IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
JASPER, SILSBEE, NEWTON, KIRBYVILLE, KOUNTZE, FRED, TOWN BLUFF,
CALL, BUNA, MT. UNION, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, SPURGER, CANEY HEAD,
ROGANVILLE, TROUT CREEK, JAMESTOWN, VILLAGE MILLS, FARRSVILLE,
IVANHOE AND BLEAKWOOD.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&


FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED;
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1.5-3.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, IN LOUISIANA, ACADIA, ALLEN, AVOYELLES,
BEAUREGARD, CALCASIEU, EAST CAMERON, EVANGELINE, IBERIA,
JEFFERSON DAVIS, LAFAYETTE, LOWER ST. MARTIN, RAPIDES, ST.
LANDRY, ST. MARY, UPPER ST. MARTIN, VERMILION, VERNON, AND
WEST CAMERON. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, HARDIN, JEFFERSON, NORTHERN
JASPER, NORTHERN NEWTON, ORANGE, SOUTHERN JASPER, SOUTHERN
NEWTON, AND TYLER.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF BETA
WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREAS THAT
RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL.

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.

&&