THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILDWOOD...SOUR LAKE...SILSBEE...
LUMBERTON...KOUNTZE...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KIRBYVILLE...JASPER...EVADALE...
BUNA...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SABINE PASS...PORT NECHES...PORT
ARTHUR...NEDERLAND...HAMSHIRE...GROVES...CENTRAL GARDENS...
BEAUMONT...
WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CALL...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VIDOR...MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE CITY...
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...WARREN...TOWN BLUFF...
FRED...COLMESNEIL...CHESTER...
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT
HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED FOR THE MOST PART ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATES AND GAUGE REPORTS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE
DISTRICT 6 AND THE USGS INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 6
HOURS RANGE FROM ONE AND HALF INCHES NEAR FANNETT TO FOUR INCHES
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 7
INCHES ARE ALSO INDICATED BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND FANNETT...AND TO THE
WEST OF WOODVILLE. STREAM GAUGES CONTINUE TO INDICATE RAPID RISES ON
AREA BAYOUS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE RAPID
RUNOFF. THE AREAS OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING ARE
ALONG DIN BAYOU...WILLOW MARSH BAYOU AND TAYLORS BAYOU SOUTH AND
EAST OF FANNETT. HORSEPEN CREEK WEST OF WOODVILLE IS ALSO LIKELY
FLOODING AS WELL.

TEXAS D.O.T. REPORTS THAT F.M. 1745 WEST OF WOODVILLE IS FLOODED.
OTHER AREAS ARE LIKELY FLOODED IN AND AROUND BEAUMONT AS WELL.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VILLAGE
MILLS...SPURGER...ROGANVILLE...MT. UNION...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...
JAMESTOWN...IVANHOE...HONEY ISLAND...HOLLY SPRINGS...HILLISTER AND
BLEAKWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN