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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1249 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITEHOUSE...TYLER...



* UNTIL 215 PM CDT



* AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED

  TO INDICATE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER ALL OF 

  SMITH COUNTY.  REPORTS FROM SMITH COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATE 

  CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING ON AREA ROADWAYS...WITH NUMEROUS 

  COUNTY ROADS EITHER CLOSED OR WASHED OUT.  EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL 

  RATES HAVE SLOWED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY MAKE THE  

  ONGOING FLOODING WORSE.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  LINDALE...



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3215 9547 3235 9544 3249 9559 3268 9559

      3260 9548 3260 9533 3254 9520 3256 9515

      3253 9500 3215 9499 3215 9499



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