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WGUS74 KJAN 250649

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

141 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005



LAC025-029-041-065-083-107-250800-

RICHLAND LA-TENSAS LA-CATAHOULA LA-CONCORDIA LA-MADISON LA-

FRANKLIN LA-

141 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR 

FRANKLIN...WESTERN MADISON...WESTERN CONCORDIA...CATAHOULA...WESTERN 

TENSAS AND NORTHEAST RICHLAND PARISHES...



AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE 

STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST 

OF DELHI TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARTO LAKE. THE LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



A LOUISIANA MESONET STATION JUST SOUTH OF WINNSBORO IN FRANKLIN 

COUNTY HAS MEASURED 4.63 OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...WHICH 

MATCHES UP WELL WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES.  



HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SEVERAL AREAS WITH RAINFALL TOTALS 

OVER 7 INCHES IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA.  THESE ARE LOCATED 

BETWEEN JONESVILLE AND LARTO LAKE IN CATAHOULA PARISH...JUST EAST OF 

CROWVILLE ALONG THE FRANKLIN/MADISON PARISH LINE...AND ABOUT 3 MILES 

NORTH OF DELHI ALONG THE FRANKLIN/MADISON PARISH LINE.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM EASTERN FRANKLIN INTO WESTERN MADISON 

PARISHES. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 3131 9189 3129 9196 3131 9199 3138 9198

      3256 9159 3258 9147 3254 9144 3254 9127

      3245 9127 3131 9174 3125 9177



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