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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1058 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES...



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 1053 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED 

OVER THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 

ENDED...BUT WATER RUNOFF IS INCOMPLETE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

HIGH WATER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.



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

ROADS 940 AND 915 AT 204 NEAR TRAWICK. 



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3144 9455 3147 9475 3155 9489 3156 9488

      3167 9495 3176 9493 3184 9499 3184 9499

      3184 9446 3167 9442 3156 9431 3124 9434



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