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WGUS54 KSHV 190118

FFWSHV

LAC043-059-190515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

810 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  LA SALLE PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A NEARLY 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING

  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES. THE RAIN BAND

  EXTENDED TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO EAST TEXAS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN

  WILL DEVELOP AND TRAIN OVER THE PARISHES...PRODUCING ONE TO TWO

  INCHES RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JENA

  COLFAX...DRY PRONG...GEORGETOWN...OLLA...AND AREAS AROUND LAKE IATT

  AND LOCATIONS NEAR BAYOU RIGOLETTE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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...BAYOUS...

AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3135 9205 3149 9220 3140 9260 3170 9287

      3170 9263 3179 9261 3179 9236 3192 9230

      3193 9201 3135 9202 3134 9207



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