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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

612 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 1015 AM CDT



* AT 612 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  NATCHITOCHES...COLFAX...DRY PRONG...OLLA...AND JENA.



DOPPLAR RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE REPORTS HAVE INDICATED STORM TOTALS OF 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES THAT HAVE FALLEN OVERNIGHT ATOP ALREADY SATURATED 

GROUNDS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDMORNING...BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF 

FROM WEST TO EAST.



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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3141 9320 3185 9340 3186 9340 3178 9296

      3170 9296 3170 9263 3179 9261 3179 9236

      3192 9224 3193 9201 3149 9203 3144 9267

      3151 9272 3142 9285 3139 9309



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