

000 

WGUS54 KJAN 120855

FFWJAN

LAC067-123-121100-

/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0072.080812T0855Z-080812T1100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

355 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASTROP...

  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 351 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL 

  MOREHOUSE PARISH AND INTO WEST CARROLL PARISH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GALION AND

  OAK GROVE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA RESULTING IN FLASH 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.



LAT...LON 3277 9206 3291 9197 3286 9134 3275 9155

      3267 9163 3264 9164 3262 9170 3256 9175

      3257 9181 3252 9185 3255 9188 3254 9191

      3267 9191 3266 9194 3271 9197 3272 9206



$$



EEC

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000 

WGUS54 KJAN 120855

FFWJAN

LAC067-123-121100-

/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0072.080812T0855Z-080812T1100Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

355 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BASTROP...

  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 351 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL 

  MOREHOUSE PARISH AND INTO WEST CARROLL PARISH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GALION AND

  OAK GROVE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA RESULTING IN FLASH 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.



LAT...LON 3277 9206 3291 9197 3286 9134 3275 9155

      3267 9163 3264 9164 3262 9170 3256 9175

      3257 9181 3252 9185 3255 9188 3254 9191

      3267 9191 3266 9194 3271 9197 3272 9206



$$



EEC

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