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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

740 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAKE VILLAGE...TEXARKANA...NEW

  BOSTON...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...MINERAL SPRINGS...

  DIERKS...

  LITTLE RIVER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FOREMAN...ASHDOWN...

  SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HORATIO...DE QUEEN...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAUD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF NEW BOSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.



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

  REDWATER...HOOKS...NASH...OGDEN...WINTHROP...WILTON...BEN LOMOND...

  TOLLETTE...LOCKESBURG AND GILLHAM



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 3436 9390 3421 9390 3418 9379 3378 9382

      3375 9395 3362 9390 3356 9393 3356 9403

      3329 9405 3325 9464 3334 9474 3369 9474

      3363 9448 3419 9447 3422 9427 3437 9425

TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 211DEG 53KT 3335 9427



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