Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued September 30 at 10:25AM CDT expiring September 30 at 1:30PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Lake Charles LA
Issued: 2013-09-30T10:25:24-05:00
Expires: 2013-09-30T13:30:00-05:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 1:30 PM CDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS…
CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS…
EAST CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS…

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1016 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA FROM NEAR SPURGER TO NEWTON. SINCE 5 AM…RADAR
AND GAUGE ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN FROM MAGNOLIA SPRINGS TO
NEWTON. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS CENTRAL JASPER AND
NEWTON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…BON
WEIR…KIRBYVILLE…NEWTON…JAMESTOWN…MAGNOLIA SPRINGS…MT.
UNION…ROGANVILLE…SPURGER AND STRINGTOWN.

THIS INCLUDES BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND
DRAINAGES…
CANEY CREEK…BIG COW CREEK…WHITE OAK CREEK…THICKETY
CREEK…EVERETT CREEK…MILL BRANCH…AND MILL CREEK.
Instruction: 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.

SEVERAL ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE CURRENTLY FLOODED.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Newton; Tyler; Jasper

Message Identifier: NWS-130404-565759-398279
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings