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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

853 AM CDT THU AUG 24 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 853 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF 

  OUACHITA PARISH.  THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING RESULTED 

  IN HIGH WATER PROBLEMS IN SEVERAL AREAS IN WEST MONROE.  AN 

  ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN THIS 

  MORNING...AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE 

  AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PARISH.



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

  MONROE...SWARTZ...STERLINGTON...MONROE...CLAIBORNE...

  BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...AND INTERSTATE 20 IN WEST MONROE.



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.



LAT...LON 3240 9241 3233 9231 3229 9230 3229 9204

      3251 9195 3269 9207 3259 9226 3257 9240



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