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WGUS74 KSHV 241828

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

121 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



LAC015-017-031-TXC365-242000-

CADDO LA-BOSSIER LA-DE SOTO LA-PANOLA TX-

121 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PANOLA

COUNTY...AND DE SOTO...BOSSIER AND CADDO PARISHES...



EXCESSIVE...HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ALONG THE

NORTHERN EYE WALL OF TROPICAL STORM RITA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT

WIDESPREAD THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR

WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 10 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHWEST DESOTO PARISH.

AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA THROUGH 300 PM. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 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.



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

      3241 9400 3298 9399 3300 9354 3237 9342

      3225 9341 3224 9362 3219 9352 3211 9354

      3203 9347 3191 9351



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