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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

750 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006



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750 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR

HOWARD COUNTY...



AT 750 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

CONTINUING TO REDEVELOP OVER EXTREME EASTERN SEVIER COUNTY...MOVING 

EAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HOWARD COUNTY NEAR 20 MPH. RADAR 

ESTIMATES HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH AND A HALF TO IN EXCESS 

OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH EXTEND SOUTH 

FROM DIERKS...THROUGH NASHVILLE...AND MINERAL SPRINGS. WIDESPREAD 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BETWEEN 

NASHVILLE AND MINERAL SPRINGS...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24/371 WEST OF 

NASHVILLE...AND ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 27 WEST OF MINERAL 

SPRINGS. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE UNDERWATER AND IMPASSABLE...AND WATER 

HAS ENTERED SEVERAL HOMES ON THE EAST SIDE OF NASHVILLE. IN 

FACT...THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED IN EXCESS OF 

NINE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS IN 

NASHVILLE. 



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 

RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN INSIDE...AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY 

DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAINFALL HAS 

SUBSIDED.   



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NASHVILLE AND

MINERAL SPRINGS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 9 PM SHOULD THE HEAVY RAIN NOT TAPER 

OFF SHORTLY. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3375 9395 3375 9383 3418 9382 3422 9410



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