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WGUS74 KSHV 141432

FFSSHV



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

927 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008



LAC031-081-141500-

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DE SOTO LA-RED RIVER LA-

927 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR RED

RIVER AND DE SOTO PARISHES...



AT 923 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FRIERSON AND

WILLIAMS.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO REDEVELOP OVER

DE SOTO AND RED RIVER PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. RAINFALL WILL

LIKELY CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THIS AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 

MORNING.



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.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.



LAT...LON 3200 9405 3219 9405 3219 9394 3235 9376

      3229 9362 3225 9360 3223 9321 3197 9311

      3196 9321 3189 9327 3193 9342 3186 9345

      3186 9387

TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 180DEG 0KT 3214 9359



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