

000 

WGUS74 KSHV 190445

FFSSHV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1127 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



LAC043-059-190515-

GRANT LA-LA SALLE LA-

1127 PM CDT WED OCT 18 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR LA 

SALLE AND GRANT PARISHES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE A WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 50 MILES

WIDE...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING. THE SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE 

THUNDERSTORMS

WERE DEVELOPING AND SPREADING OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREAS THAT HAD

PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING EARLIER IN THE WEEK. SEVERAL PARISH

ROADS HAVE BEEN FLOODED AND REMAIN CLOSED IN GRANT PARISH INCLUDING

HIGHWAY 1240 NEAR US 71 AND LAKE NANTACHIE...AND IN LA SALLE PARISH

HIGHWAY 127 NORTH OF OLLA.



IN GRANT PARISH 



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. LAKES IN THE 

WARNED AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND NEARBY HOMES MAY BE AFFECT 

LATER DURING THE NIGHT.



WHEN TRAVELING...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 OR THE ROADWAY MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT. 

REMEMBER TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3135 9205 3149 9220 3140 9260 3170 9287

      3170 9263 3179 9261 3179 9236 3192 9230

      3193 9201 3135 9202 3134 9207



$$



06

