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WGUS54 KSHV 241958

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LAC015-017-031-242300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

256 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* EXCESSIVE...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 600 PM ACROSS

  PORTIONS OF CADDO...BOSSIER AND DE SOTO PARISHES. AS THE CENTER OF

  TROPICAL STORM RITA MOVE OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EXPECT ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEAR TWO INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN 

  DESOTO PARISH...WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN

  CADDO AND SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

  WIDESPREAD FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 

  HALF OF CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES AND ALL OF DE SOTO PARISH WITH 

  ISOLATED EIGHT TO TEN INCH AMOUNTS INTO WESTERN DESOTO PARISH. 



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

  BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 600 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3186 9387 3187 9345 3225 9362 3226 9341

      3302 9354 3301 9404 3200 9404



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