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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1148 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...KILGORE...

  GLADEWATER...

  HARRISON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARSHALL...

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...

  NORTHERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  EAST CENTRAL UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1144 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  WASKOM...SMITHLAND...ORE CITY...LIBERTY CITY...KARNACK...

  JEFFERSON...HARLETON...HALLSVILLE...ELYSIAN FIELDS...DIANA...

  CLARKSVILLE CITY AND BEREA



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO NEAR THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3225 9475 3234 9449 3218 9495

      3239 9495 3254 9499 3258 9483 3258 9484

      3288 9471 3285 9406 3200 9405

TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 180DEG 0KT 3234 9424



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