Leesville, LA Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Bayou Anacoco near Rosepine.

* WHEN...Until late tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 20.0 feet, Hawks Road near the gauge becomes flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:45 PM CDT Monday the stage was 19.1 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 2:45 PM CDT Monday was 19.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
late tomorrow morning and continue falling to 6.6 feet early
Saturday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location     Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Tue   Wed   Thu

Bayou Anacoco
Rosepine     17.0  19.1  Mon 2 pm CDT 16.5  12.1  9.7


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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sabine River near Bon Wier.

* WHEN...From this evening to early Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 32.0 feet, Roads in the Sabine Sands area near Bon
Wier become flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:15 PM CDT Monday the stage was 28.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late this evening to a crest of 31.5 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall below flood stage Thursday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 30.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Fld   Observed           Forecasts (1 pm CDT)
Location    Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Tue   Wed   Thu

Sabine River
Bon Wier    30.0  28.4  Mon 2 pm CDT 31.3  31.0  30.1


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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall
continues.

* WHERE...Portions of Louisiana, including the following parishes,
Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu and Vernon and southeast Texas,
including the following counties, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Tyler.

* WHEN...Until 730 PM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams
continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
Low-water crossings are inundated with water and may not be
passable. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 121 PM CDT, the public reported flooding in the warned
area. Flooding is already occurring. Between 3 and 10 inches
of rain have fallen.
- Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is
expected.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lumberton, De Ridder, Jasper, Leesville, Silsbee, Woodville,
Newton, Kirbyville, Kountze, Rosepine, Merryville, Reeves,
Bon Weir, Call, Fields, Burkeville, Singer, Buna, De Quincy
and Town Bluff.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.

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