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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

807 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...

  SOUTHERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 801 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN FALLING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. FLASH FLOODING

  IS LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA.



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

  MINDEN...DEBERRY AND BECKVILLE



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.



LAT...LON 3202 9494 3237 9421 3236 9419 3237 9413

      3238 9411 3238 9406 3208 9405 3160 9489

TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 180DEG 0KT 3175 9481 3222 9406



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