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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

553 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE...

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UMPIRE...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 NOON CDT



* AT 548 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY     

  RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO NEAR FIVE INCHES...OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE  

  AREA. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUING ACROSS THE      

  AREA...MAY RESULT IN SEVERAL AREA STREAMS TO RUN NEAR...OR         

  ABOVE...BANKFULL.



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

  IDABEL...BROKEN BOW...ARKINDA...WINTHROP...RICHMOND...ALLEENE...

  WILTON...GILLHAM...BEN LOMOND...LOCKESBURG...TOLLETTE...ATHENS...

  CENTER POINT AND CORINTH



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.



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 3439 9448 3422 9444 3423 9426 3437 9425

      3437 9393 3421 9390 3418 9379 3388 9383

      3362 9406 3362 9444 3370 9473 3361 9475

      3360 9531 3387 9532 3397 9518 3417 9506

TIME...MOT...LOC 1053Z 250DEG 50KT 3381 9515



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