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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

746 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...START...RAYVILLE...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MORE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL      

  AROUND THE START COMMUNITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.



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

  COLLINSTON AND OAK RIDGE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THESE RAINS WILL FALL AT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE LIKELY 

ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY BAYOU LAFOURCHE.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3268 9192 3240 9190 3251 9158 3277 9163



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