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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

655 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



LAC017-100100-

CADDO LA-

655 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CADDO

PARISH...



AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 6 

PM...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT.  HOWEVER...NUMEROUS ROADS 

REMAIN CLOSED IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT...INCLUDING PORTIONS 

OF LINE AVENUE...MANSFIELD ROAD...ELLERBE ROAD...AND EAST 70TH 

STREET.  IT WILL LIKELY TAKE 1-2 HOURS FOR FLOODWATERS TO RECEDE 

FROM THESE LOCATIONS.  TRAVEL IN THESE LOCATIONS SHOULD BE AVOIDED 

DUE TO HIGH WATER AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION.  



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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3278 9380 3274 9384 3263 9377 3256 9376

      3250 9371 3241 9369 3228 9354 3239 9373

      3225 9389 3224 9400 3302 9400 3302 9382



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