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WGUS74 KJAN 120949

FFSJAN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

449 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



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MOREHOUSE LA-WEST CARROLL LA-

449 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR WEST

CARROLL AND MOREHOUSE PARISHES...



AT 447 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY 

NORTHEAST ACROSS MOREHOUSE AND WEST CARROLL PARISH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE AND THIS WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

GOODWILL...GALION...OAK GROVE AND BASTROP



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



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