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WGUS54 KSHV 050656

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TXC159-051045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

155 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 155 AM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER        

  RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER   

  THE WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF 

  TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER MUCH OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.         

  THIS...COMBINED WITH THE TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WHICH HAS      

  FALLEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS OVER A VERY DRY GROUND DUE TO   

  THE ONGOING DROUGHT...WILL CREATE RAPID RUNOFF AND PRODUCE         

  FLASH FLOODING.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS      

  CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER HOPKINS AND WOOD COUNTIES...AND WILL      

  SPREAD EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT FEW   

  HOURS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 545 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3298 9529 3297 9515 3339 9512 3338 9529



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