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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

753 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GILMER...



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 753 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF UPSHUR    

  COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES HOURLY RAIN RATES IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES  

  PER HOUR...WHICH HAS FALLEN OVER AN AREA WHICH HAS RECEIVED        

  ALREADY TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. AREAS MOST       

  IMPACTED WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 155 NORTH FROM BIG      

  SANDY...TO HIGHWAY 271 AT WEST MOUNTAIN...POSSIBLY EXTENDING AS    

  FAR NORTH AS GILMER...AND AS FAR EAST AS EAST MOUNTAIN. THESE      

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BACKBUILD TO THE SOUTH ACROSS GREGG      

  COUNTY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF UPSHUR     

  COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



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

  ORE CITY AND CEDAR SPRINGS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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 3259 9515 3254 9496 3268 9472 3290 9472

      3290 9502



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