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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

448 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  RENEWED FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING 

  TOWARDS THE WARNED AREA...FROM THE SOUTH.  



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

  CITY...WATSON...SMITHVILLE...RUFE...RINGOLD...PICKENS...

  HOCHATOWN...GLOVER...BETHEL AND BATTIEST.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES  ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3363 9448 3370 9468 3369 9474 3333 9475

      3341 9488 3339 9529 3387 9530 3397 9518

      3423 9514 3424 9506 3429 9503 3450 9503

      3451 9448

TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 180DEG 0KT 3404 9502



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