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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1213 AM CDT THU OCT 19 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

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT



* AT 1211 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 50 MILES

  WIDE...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER AN AREA THAT HAS HAD

  ONE TO NEAR THREE INCHES RECENTLY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO 

  TRAIN OVER THE AREA OF SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES...AND GRANT...AND

  LA SALLE PARISHES.



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

   MIDWAY...JENA AND OLLA.



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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3136 9320 3153 9322 3155 9333 3172 9298

      3170 9263 3179 9261 3179 9236 3192 9230

      3193 9201 3151 9201 3146 9212 3149 9220

      3139 9262 3151 9272 3135 9296



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