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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1145 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

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



* UNTIL 345 PM CDT



* AT 1139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

FLASH FLOODING FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...AS NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE LAST HALF HOUR 

IN SOUTHWEST SMITH COUNTY ACCORDING TO RADAR ESTIMATES.



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



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE 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 3215 9547 3235 9544 3249 9559 3268 9559

      3260 9548 3260 9533 3254 9520 3256 9515

      3253 9500 3215 9499 3215 9499



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