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WGUS54 KSHV 241606

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LAC015-017-031-TXC365-242000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1057 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1057 AM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

  RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED TROPICAL STORM RITA MOVING NORTHWARD

  NEAR 10 MPH ACROSS EXTREME EAST CENTRAL TEXAS. EXCESSIVE...HEAVY 

  RAINFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAS LIKELY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA. AS THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM MOVES NORTHWARD...EXPECT

  AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT

  IN FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS URBAN AREAS...FOLLOWED BY FURTHER

  FLOODING IN RURAL AREAS AS WELL. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  BECKVILLE...VIVIAN...STONEWALL...SHREVEPORT...RED CHUTE...PLAIN

  DEALING...OIL CITY...HAUGHTON...GREENWOOD...EASTWOOD...BOSSIER

  CITY...BLANCHARD AND BENTON.



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...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 300 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3202 9450 3203 9451 3231 9450 3233 9415

      3241 9400 3298 9399 3300 9354 3238 9341

      3225 9341 3224 9362 3219 9352 3211 9354

      3203 9347 3191 9351



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