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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

850 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITE OAK...LONGVIEW...GLADEWATER...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARSHALL...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A SERIES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE 

MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS. ADDITIONAL 

BACKBUILDING OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER WESTERN PANOLA AND 

GREGG COUNTIES...WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING EAST OVER THE 

WARNED AREAS. DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE LAST HOUR...WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINS ADDING TO THE FLOOD THREAT. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODLAWN...

  WASKOM...LIBERTY CITY...KARNACK...HALLSVILLE...ELYSIAN FIELDS AND

  CLARKSVILLE CITY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3199 9459 3231 9453 3234 9449 3239 9449

      3239 9495 3254 9499 3258 9483 3262 9482

      3265 9475 3270 9405 3200 9405

TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 180DEG 0KT 3234 9424



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