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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

218 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LUFKIN...DIBOLL...

  NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES...



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 213 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  MELROSE AND MARTINSVILLE



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 3121 9487 3123 9487 3126 9488 3183 9468

      3170 9442 3150 9432 3108 9461 3107 9465

TIME...MOT...LOC 0718Z 180DEG 0KT 3148 9470



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