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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

504 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RED CHUTE...BOSSIER CITY...

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT...



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 459 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A   

  THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SHREVEPORT AND 

  BOSSIER CITY. REPORTS HAVE COME IN OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO

  NEAR TWO INCHES IN ONLY A ONE HALF HOUR DURATION THESE EXTREME 

  RAINFALL RATES WERE OCCURRING IN THE BROADMOOR AREA OF EASTERN

  SHREVEPORT...WHICH IS PARTICUALARLY PRONE TO FLOODING...WITH 

  STORMS OCCURRING DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE LATE AFTERNOON RUSH

  HOUR 



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

  BLANCHARD AND BENTON



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3230 9384 3243 9351 3292 9357 3267 9394



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