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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1049 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

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



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1046 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...AS ONE TO 

THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER AN HOUR ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TROUP...

  REESE...PONTA...MOUNT SELMAN...MIXON AND BULLARD



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO THREE 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 3148 9509 3159 9517 3159 9526 3168 9528

      3176 9539 3194 9545 3204 9541 3213 9545

      3214 9499 3182 9501 3176 9495 3167 9497

      3153 9489 3143 9500



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