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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

919 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  NORTHERN SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTER...

  WESTERN SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT



* AT 919 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ON RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF 

THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL BACKBUILDING FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVER 

NORTHERN SAN AUGUSTINE AND SABINE COUNTIES...WHICH WILL SPREAD 

NORTHEAST OVER THE WARNED AREAS. 



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

  SHELBYVILLE...PATROON...NEUVILLE...JOAQUIN AND ZWOLLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND WATER INSIDE HOMES 

HAVE BEEN RECEIVED NEAR SAN AUGUSTINE WITH THESE STORMS.



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 3198 9440 3198 9401 3184 9389 3184 9363

      3122 9358 3118 9389 3160 9433

TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 180DEG 0KT 3163 9405



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