Current Flash Flood Warnings issued by the National Weather Service:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KIRBYVILLE...JASPER...

CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...BON WEIR...

CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...TOWN BLUFF...

BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUGARTOWN...SINGER...MERRYVILLE...DRY CREEK...DE RIDDER...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH INTENSE DOWNPOURS CONTINUE OFF AND ON ACROSS THE ARE GENERALLY ALONG A KIRBYVILLE TO OBERLIN TO VILLE PLATTE LINE. WHILE RAINFALL RATES ARE FORECAST TO NOT BE AS INTENSE AS EARLIER IN THE DAY...RUNOFF OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS CONTINUING TO OCCUR. FLOODING OF THESE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH AT LEAST 7 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS: ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.