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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

302 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RED CHUTE...BOSSIER CITY...

  SOUTHEASTERN CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT...

  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 302 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR

  AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE THAT MUCH OF SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER 

  CITY...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN BOSSIER AND NORTHERN RED RIVER PARISHES 

  HAVE RECEIVED WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCH RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 

  11 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

  OF ONE TO AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUING TO BACKBUILD NORTH 

  ACROSS EASTERN CADDO AND MUCH OF BOSSIER PARISHES...MOVING SOUTHEAST 

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREAS.



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

  EASTWOOD...BLANCHARD AND BENTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA...THROUGH 7 AM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3196 9336 3211 9353 3214 9350 3217 9351

      3221 9358 3233 9365 3235 9376 3233 9385

      3262 9395 3284 9346 3224 9341 3223 9321

      3198 9313 3198 9323 3191 9324 3190 9333

TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 180DEG 0KT 3246 9365



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