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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

241 AM CDT MON MAR 31 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...

  SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 241 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO        

  REPORT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SAN          

  AUGUSTINE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST SHELBY COUNTY...MUCH OF SABINE 

  COUNTY...AS WELL AS SABINE PARISH...FROM VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT 

  FELL DURING MUCH OF THE DAY SUNDAY. MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE 

  EITHER WASHED OUT OR CLOSED...AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES AS 

  WATER ALONG MANY CREEKS...STREAMS...AND TRIBUTARIES CONTINUE TO 

  RISE. ADDITIONAL SHOWER DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID 

  MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY 

  RAINFALL DEVELOPING LATER IN THE DAY...THUS ADDING TO THE ONGOING 

  FLASH FLOOD THREAT.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  SHELBYVILLE...SAN AUGUSTINE...PATROON...NEUVILLE...GENEVA...BLAND

  LAKE...ZWOLLE AND MANY



FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES 

CONTINUES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 

FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3133 9428 3166 9419 3177 9408 3185 9388

      3186 9345 3172 9344 3171 9334 3155 9334

      3154 9323 3137 9323 3136 9338 3121 9356

TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 180DEG 0KT 3143 9338



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