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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

944 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST MONROE...SWARTZ...MONROE...

  CLAIBORNE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...



* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT



* AT 936 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT 

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED 

  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL COCORAHS OBSERVERS IN 

  MONROE AND WEST MONROE HAVE REPORTED FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN 

  ACROSS THESE CITIES THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS 

  DIMINISH FARTHER EAST ACROSS EAST MONROE NEAR THE MONROE REGIONAL 

  AIRPORT...WHICH HAS RECORDED 2.20 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 3 AM. 

  RAINFALL INTENSITIES ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH SOME ACROSS OUACHITA 

  PARISH THIS MORNING...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN A THIRD AND 

  HALF AN INCH. HOWEVER...EMBEDDED HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL REMAIN 

  POSSIBLE...AS ADDITIONAL RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP   

  OVER SOUTHCENTRAL ARKANSAS...AND TRAIN SOUTHEAST OVER THE SAME     

  AREAS. MANY ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE PARISH ARE FLOODED...SOME OF   

  WHICH REMAIN CLOSED AT THIS TIME. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO       

  IMPROVE THROUGH MIDDAY. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STERLINGTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA THROUGH 1230 PM. 



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.



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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3244 9195 3239 9199 3232 9200 3228 9202

      3228 9229 3232 9230 3241 9240 3258 9241

      3260 9221 3271 9205 3271 9196 3265 9191

      3253 9191



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