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WGUS54 KSHV 061028

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TXC073-401-423-061430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

524 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUES THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSK...JACKSONVILLE...

  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HENDERSON...

  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

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



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT



* AT 521 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTING SEVERAL

  STREETS CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE.  STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE 

  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY END OVER THE NEXT HOUR...BUT RUNOFF FROM

  OVERNIGHT RAINFALL WILL PERSIST INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS.



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

  TYLER.. OVERTON...JOINERVILLE...NEW LONDON...MINDEN...PINEHILL AND TATUM.



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.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3159 9517 3159 9526 3184 9543 3235 9544

      3249 9559 3268 9559 3260 9548 3253 9500

      3236 9498 3239 9450 3198 9461 3197 9451

      3186 9448 3186 9499 3153 9489 3143 9500



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