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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1124 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITE OAK...LONGVIEW...KILGORE...

  GLADEWATER...

  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GILMER...



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1124 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING IN AND AROUND GLADEWATER AND LIBERTY CITY DUE TO HEAVY 

  RAINFALL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.  OFFICIALS ARE CLOSING HIGHWAY 

  135 NEAR FARM TO MARKET 2207.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE 

  LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME 

  PRODUCING IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR...EXTENDING FROM GILMER 

  TO KILGORE.  AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE 

  POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON AS RAINFALL OVERSPREADS THE REGION.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

  MOUNTAIN...ROSEWOOD...ORE CITY...EAST MOUNTAIN...DIANA...

  CLARKSVILLE CITY...CEDAR SPRINGS AND BIG SANDY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 3237 9497 3237 9468 3289 9472 3291 9514

      3257 9514 3255 9499



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