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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

531 AM CDT TUE AUG 12 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSK...JACKSONVILLE...



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 526 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  RADAR     

  ESTIMATES THAT OVER 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHERN   

  CHEROKEEE COUNTY DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS.



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

  BULLARD



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3214 9499 3195 9498 3194 9499 3182 9499

      3179 9498 3177 9494 3174 9497 3169 9496

      3164 9529 3168 9529 3171 9534 3200 9545

      3205 9543 3214 9547



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