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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

949 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



LAC015-017-061515-

CADDO LA-BOSSIER LA-

949 AM CDT FRI JUL 6 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR

BOSSIER AND CADDO PARISHES...



BETWEEN 730 AM AND 930 AM...TORRENTIAL RAIN FELL IN BOTH SHREVEPORT 

AND BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA. RAINFALL TOTALED 3.88 INCHES AT 

SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT BETWEEN 100 AM AND 930 AM.



BOTH THE SHREVEPORT POLICE AND THE BOSSIER CITY POLICE REPORTED AT 

930 AM...THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE UNDERWATER...AND SOME CARS WERE 

STALLED IN HIGH WATER SPOTS. HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED IN SHREVEPORT 

ON COMMON STREET...AND ON WEST 70TH STREET AT LOOP 3132. OTHER LOW 

WATER SPOTS WILL LIKELY BE UNDERWATER. 



IN BOSSIER CITY...THE POLICE REPORTED AT 930 AM...THAT SEVERAL ROADS 

WERE UNDERWATER...AND TRAVEL WAS HAZARDOUS.



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.



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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