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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

133 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008



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LITTLE RIVER AR-BOWIE TX-

133 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR BOWIE

AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER COUNTIES...



AT 120 AM CDT...THE NEWS MEDIA REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH

FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TEXARKANA...

NEW BOSTON...NASH...HOOKS AND DE KALB



AT 120 AM...NEWS MEDIA REPORTED COUNTY ROAD 933 WAS FLOODED JUST 

NORTH OF DE KALB.



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.



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 3345 9473 3365 9460 3357 9436 3357 9406

      3340 9406 3330 9446 3326 9461 3334 9473

TIME...MOT...LOC 0633Z 180DEG 0KT 3344 9443



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