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WGUS74 KSHV 152328 CCA

FFSSHV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

626 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005



LAC015-017-160045-

CADDO LA-BOSSIER LA-

626 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR BOSSIER AND

CADDO PARISHES...



AT 608 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL 

VEHICLES WERE STALLED IN HIGH WATER...AND BARRICADES WERE BEING 

ERECTED IN LOW LYING AREAS IN VARIOS PARTS OF BOSSIER CITY.



AT 626 PM CDT...3.69 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN DOWNTOWN BOSSIER 

CITY.  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BUID SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY...AND 

COULD MOVE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN BOSSIER CITY WITHIN THE HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3250 9379 3252 9370 3263 9373 3262 9380



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