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OKC089-040815-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

813 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 215 AM CST



* AT 808 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE OCCURED OVER 

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY MONDAY EVENING.  OFFICIALS REPORT FLOODING OF

  LOW WATER BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY...AS WELL AS LOW LYING

  AREAS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING.  SHREVEPORT DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN IN WESTERN

  PARTS OF THE COUNTY.



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

  CITY...WATSON...SMITHVILLE...HOCHATOWN...GLOVER...BETHEL AND

  BATTIEST.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

MCCURTAIN COUNTY OVERNIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE MANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN.  FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 215 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3451 9448 3367 9449 3371 9460 3371 9475

      3376 9479 3376 9487 3387 9496 3388 9504

      3396 9515 3422 9514 3427 9502 3451 9501



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