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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

913 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT



* AT 913 AM CDT...HURRICANE RITA CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHWARD INTO 

DEEP EAST TEXAS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. REPORTS OF 

WIDESPREAD THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD REMAIN 

ALONG AND JUST TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION...WHICH IS 

EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA.



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

  TENAHA...SAN AUGUSTINE...NACOGDOCHES...HEMPHILL AND CENTER.



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.



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

WARNING FOR...

  ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

UNTIL 115 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3116 9474 3139 9493 3148 9493 3153 9488

      3162 9493 3181 9492 3180 9442 3195 9442

      3196 9404 3177 9387 3153 9385 3122 9365

      3107 9438



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