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WGUS54 KJAN 150741

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LAC035-067-123-151045-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

239 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE PROVIDENCE...

  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASTROP...

  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 239 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  MILLIKIN...GASSOWAY...JONES AND BEEKMAN



THE WARNED AREA HAS RECEIVED 3 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 11 PM AND MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER AND MOVE 

INTO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3270 9198 3270 9205 3301 9209 3301 9118

      3292 9120 3291 9115 3298 9112 3287 9110

      3280 9116 3269 9146 3263 9189

TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 180DEG 0KT 3287 9149



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