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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1149 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 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1149 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO 

  REPORT FLOODING OCCURRING ACROSS OUACHITA PARISH...ESPECIALLY 

  IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF WEST MONROE.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR 

  HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

  FALLING OVER OUACHITA PARISH.  HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

  INCHES MAY FALL IN AN ALREADY SOAKED AREA BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.

  SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED...AND RESCUE OPERATIONS ARE ONGOING 

  IN AND AROUND GREATER MONROE.  TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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

  MONROE...INTERSTATE 20...SWARTZ...STERLINGTON...MONROE AND 

  CLAIBORNE.



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 3241 9241 3233 9229 3228 9230 3228 9203

      3254 9193 3266 9192 3271 9199 3270 9207

      3259 9224 3258 9241



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