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WGUS54 KSHV 090201

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LAC073-090300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

900 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST MONROE...SWARTZ...MONROE...

  CLAIBORNE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 858 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED AND DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 

  FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SWARTZ TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

  BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR 

  HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL UP TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN FROM THESE 

  THUNDERSTORMS SINCE 8 PM.  TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 

  LOCALIZED FLOODING AROUND THE SWARTZ COMMUNITY...WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES 

  OF RAINFALL.  AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED 

  ACROSS OUACHITA PARISH THROUGH 10 PM.



* THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT MOST 

  OF OUACHITA PARISH THROUGH 10 PM.



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 3229 9229 3242 9240 3257 9240 3259 9223

      3271 9206 3271 9197 3266 9192 3253 9190

      3241 9200 3230 9202 3227 9211



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