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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

610 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BENTON...BOSSIER CITY...

  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VIVIAN...BLANCHARD...SHREVEPORT...



* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT



* AT 606 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH INTO THE WARNED AREA.



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

  DEALING...HAUGHTON...GREENWOOD...EASTWOOD...OIL CITY...BLANCHARD

  AND HAUGHTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3298 9354 3292 9349 3275 9345 3242 9345

      3241 9341 3225 9341 3225 9360 3230 9362

      3236 9376 3222 9391 3221 9404 3302 9404

      3302 9352



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