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WGUS74 KSHV 141549

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1043 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008



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CADDO LA-BOSSIER LA-MARION TX-HARRISON TX-

1043 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR

HARRISON AND MARION COUNTIES...AND BOSSIER AND CADDO PARISHES...



AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...THAT WILL PRODUCE MORE HEAVY

RAINFALL...MOVING EAST THROUGH PANOLA AND HARRISON COUNTIES...

TOWARD THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY METRO AREA. THIS WILL

PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

WASKOM...MARSHALL...KARNACK...JEFFERSON...HALLSVILLE...VIVIAN...

SHREVEPORT...RED CHUTE...HAUGHTON...GREENWOOD...BOSSIER CITY...

BLANCHARD AND BENTON.



SHREVEPORT HAS HAD 10.13 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM LAST NIGHT...AND

3.42 INCHES OF RAIN FOR TODAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3287 9346 3225 9341 3225 9360 3235 9376

      3221 9391 3220 9404 3238 9406 3232 9435

      3240 9450 3240 9466 3287 9470 3288 9406

      3302 9404 3302 9352

TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 180DEG 0KT 3243 9386



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