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WGUS74 KSHV 152327

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

621 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



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OUACHITA LA-

621 PM CDT MON AUG 15 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR OUACHITA

PARISH...



AT 617 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED BARRICADING 

ROADS IN WEST MONROE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.



SHREVEPORT DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT...BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM...OVER 

3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN QUACHITA PARISH. 



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 3232 9229 3242 9240 3257 9240 3257 9233

      3259 9231 3259 9223 3263 9218 3229 9218

      3229 9229



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