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WGUS54 KSHV 092259

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LAC017-100100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

557 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 547 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING   

  FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST THROUGH CADDO PARISH AT 

  AROUND 5 MPH.  MINOR STREET FLOODING IS ALREADY ONGOING IN SOUTHEAST 

  SHREVEPORT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VIVIAN...

  SHREVEPORT...OIL CITY AND BLANCHARD.



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.



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...

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3278 9380 3274 9384 3264 9376 3256 9376

      3250 9371 3241 9369 3228 9354 3239 9373

      3225 9389 3224 9400 3302 9400 3302 9382



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