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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

841 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008



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CADDO LA-BOSSIER LA-HARRISON TX-PANOLA TX-

835 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN PANOLA AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON COUNTIES...AND CENTRAL

BOSSIER AND SOUTHERN CADDO PARISHES...



AT 822 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN SHREVEPORT.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 

SHREVEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.



FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE QUERBE GOLF GOURSE AREA BETWEEN 

EAST KINGS HWY AND YOUREE DRIVE. WATER IS UP OVER THE CURBS WITH 3 

TO 4 INCHES OF WATER ACROSS THE ROAD.  WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED 

ACROSS ROADS IN SOUTH SHREVEPORT...INCLUDING KINGSTON ROAD AT BERT 

KOUNS AND LINWOOD NORTH OF BERT KOUNS AND STONEHAVEN AT WILLIAMSON 

WAY. WATER WAS UP TO THE BOTTOM OF CAR DOORS.  AT 840 PM...SHREVPORT 

REGIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED 4.26 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS EVENT. 



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

CITY AND RED CHUTE



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 3255 9422 3262 9361 3239 9351 3230 9422

TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 265DEG 37KT 3245 9371



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