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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1000 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST  

  ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHCENTRAL MCCURTAIN COUNTY. ANOTHER BAND OF  

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY FROM CHOCTAW COUNTY        

  OKLAHOMA...AS WELL AS AREAS OF NORTH TEXAS...DURING THE NEXT FEW   

  HOURS. DOPPLAR RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE IN     

  EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME  

  FROM EARLIER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THREE   

  INCHES IN WESTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY NEAR PINE CREEK LAKE. GIVEN THE 

  MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF NORTHERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY...ADDITIONAL      

  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY NORTH   

  OF A VALLIANT...TO HOCHATOWN LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF  

  ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH 

  2 AM.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATSON...

  SMITHVILLE...PICKENS...BETHEL AND BATTIEST.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3394 9515 3392 9449 3451 9445 3451 9504



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