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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

515 AM CDT THU OCT 19 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALDWELL PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA.



RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF WINN 

AND CALDWELL PARISHES THIS MORNING...IN ADDITION TO THE EIGHT TO 

SEVENTEEN INCH TOTALS THAT WERE RECEIVED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDMORNING BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER 

OFF.



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.



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 3171 9291 3193 9227 3194 9191 3227 9200

      3213 9246 3215 9291



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