Current FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS:

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS

NEAR ELLINGTON FIELD. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AND ANOTHER

2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WALLISVILLE...SAN JACINTO STATE PARK...JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...HOBBY

AIRPORT...HANKAMER...WEBSTER...TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE...SOUTH

HOUSTON...SHOREACRES...PASADENA...OLD RIVER-WINFREE...MORGAN'S

POINT...MONT BELVIEU...LA PORTE...HIGHLANDS...DEER PARK...COVE...

CHANNELVIEW AND BAYTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND

ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND

HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND!

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...

OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SABINE PASS...PORT NECHES...PORT

ARTHUR...NOME...NEDERLAND...HAMSHIRE...GROVES...CENTRAL GARDENS...

BEAUMONT...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT...A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS ENTERING WESTERN

JEFFERSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX

HAS PRODUCED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR ACROSS

CHAMBERS...SOUTHERN HARRIS...AND NORTHERN GALVESTON COUNTIES WITHIN

THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

RESIDENTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY CAN EXPECT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 6

INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES

OF BEAUMONT AND PORT ARTHUR...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES

POSSIBLE THROUGH 7:45 PM. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAWIDE FLOODING

ACROSS METROPOLITAN AREAS OF BEAUMONT AND PORT ARTHUR BEFORE ENDING

LATER THIS EVENING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EVADALE...

SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEWEYVILLE...

ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST ORANGE...VIDOR...ORANGE...

MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE CITY...

ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...REEVES...OBERLIN...OAKDALE...

MITTIE...KINDER...ELIZABETH...

BEAUREGARD PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SUGARTOWN...SINGER...RAGLEY...

FIELDS...DRY CREEK...

CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTLAKE...VINTON...SULPHUR...

STARKS...MOSS BLUFF...LAKE CHARLES...IOWA...DE QUINCY...

JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WELSH...JENNINGS...FENTON...ELTON...

EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

TO INDICATE A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX EXTENDING FROM

JEFFERSON...SOUTHERN JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES NORTHEASTWARD INTO

CALCASIEU...SOUTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD...NORTHERN HALF OF JEFF

DAVIS...AND ALLEN PARISHES...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HAS ALREADY PRODUCED 4 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS

WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME AREAS WITHIN THE

WARNED LOCATION RECEIVED 2 TO OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH FRIDAY

EVENINGS RAINFALL.

AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO POSSIBLY 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED

WITH THIS EVENINGS RAINFALL...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AREAS OF

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.