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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

519 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 915 PM CST



* AT 519 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE       

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE WIDESPREAD THREE TO SIX INCH 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THESE COUNTIES TODAY...AND AN  

  ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH   

  THIS EVENING. THE COMMUNITY OF TALCO HAS REPORTED OVER 7 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT...AND MANY ROADS ARE         

  BEGINNING TO BE COVERED IN WATER AT THIS TIME. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3297 9529 3318 9484 3370 9475 3356 9528



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