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WGUS74 KSHV 170044

FFSSHV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

740 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



LAC021-043-059-127-170145-

CALDWELL LA-WINN LA-GRANT LA-LA SALLE LA-

740 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR LA

SALLE...GRANT...WINN AND CALDWELL PARISHES...



AT 738 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING ACROSS THE FOUR PARISH AREA...AS A LINE OF STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE 

REGION. NEARLY ALL HIGHWAYS AND SECONDARY ROADS ARE UNDER 

WATER...AND FLOODING IN HOMES HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE HARDER HIT 

AREAS...WHERE 10 TO OVER 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE 

DAY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS 

MUCH OF LA SALLE PARISH...AND POSSIBLY EASTERN GRANT AND 

SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL PARISHES. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3151 9261 3167 9205 3214 9201 3197 9248



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