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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1157 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



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OUACHITA LA-

1157 AM CDT MON AUG 11 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

OUACHITA PARISH...



AT 1152 AM CDT...THE OUACHITA PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGER AND LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS OUACHITA PARISH...NUMEROUS ROADS 

REMAIN FLOODED...SOME OF WHICH ARE CLOSED. HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED 

IN THE COMMUNITY OF BAWCOMVILLE. COCORAHS OBSERVERS THROUGHOUT THE 

PARISH HAVE REPORTED FOUR TO SEVEN PLUS INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS 

MORNING ACROSS WEST MONROE AND MONROE. DESPITE LITTLE ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH 1230 PM...THE FLOODWATERS WILL TAKE TIME 

TO RECEDE AND DRAIN. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME 

CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING HIGH WATER. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

MONROE...SWARTZ...STERLINGTON...MONROE...CLAIBORNE AND

BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE



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.



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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