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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

331 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 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...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARSHALL...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 314 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH     

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER IN CHEROKEE COUNTY...MOVING 

  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH INTO GREGG...HARRISON AND PANOLA COUNTIES.



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

  LONGVIEW...LIBERTY CITY...CLARKSVILLE...HALLSVILLE...DEBERRY...ELYSIAN    

  FIELDS...HARLETON...WASKOM...WOODLAWN AND KARNACK.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3220 9457 3239 9448 3237 9498 3253 9498

      3267 9469 3281 9471 3269 9452 3269 9437

      3275 9426 3269 9421 3272 9413 3269 9406

      3200 9406 3199 9402 3199 9402 3198 9459



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