Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
525 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 1988

AT 5.25 AM A LINE...20 MILES WIDE...OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM JUST WEST OF GALVESTON NORTHEASTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
RAYBURN LAKE.

THIS LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH...AND IT THIS CONTINUES
IT WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCED VERY STORNG GUSTY WINDS...
HEAVY RAINS...AND SOME LOCAL FLOODING CAN ALSO OCCUR.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF RAIN WERE OCCURING IN THE LAKE
CHARLES AREA AND ALSO ALONG THE COASTAL MARSHES BETWEEN CAMERON AND
VERMILION BAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
740 AM CDT SAT MAY 21 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA IS NO
   LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE
BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE AREA AROUND 6 AM CDT HAD MOVED
EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO LOUISIANA AND THE GULF WATERS BY 730 AM CDT.
LW