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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

118 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006



ARC091-TXC037-272000-

MILLER AR-BOWIE TX-

118 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR BOWIE AND

MILLER COUNTIES...



AT 118 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO INDICATE FLASH 

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL STREETS IN TEXARKANA TEXAS 

HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

TAPERED OFF ACROSS BOWIE AND MILLER COUNTIES...RESIDUAL FLOODING 

WILL LINGER FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS NEAR CREEKS...STREAMS...AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. FLOODING MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG HIGHWAY 

134 BETWEEN FOUKE AND GARLAND IN MILLER COUNTY...WHERE DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF AND IN EXCESS OF FIVE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CASS COUNTY...AND WILL MOVE 

NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH ACROSS EASTERN BOWIE AND MUCH OF MILLER 

COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS OVER 

THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG 

THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3361 9425 3356 9423 3359 9416 3356 9414

      3356 9401 3353 9399 3356 9395 3355 9378

      3345 9374 3330 9374 3339 9466 3368 9466



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