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WGUS74 KSHV 030038

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

738 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



LAC021-043-059-073-030315-

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OUACHITA LA-CALDWELL LA-GRANT LA-LA SALLE LA-

738 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR LA

SALLE...EASTERN GRANT...CALDWELL AND OUACHITA PARISHES...



AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING...FROM NEAR 

CATAHOULA LAKE...TO MONROE AND STERLINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HIGH WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF BUILDINGS HAVE 

BEEN RECEIVED FROM ALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALSO...NUMEROUS REPORTS

OF DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED DUE TO GUSTY WINDS

AND SATURATED SOILS.



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 3212 9187 3208 9192 3193 9190 3193 9202

      3141 9204 3141 9215 3148 9220 3144 9264

      3181 9255 3180 9236 3190 9231 3232 9230

      3241 9241 3258 9241 3260 9222 3273 9206

      3271 9197 3253 9190 3229 9202 3220 9200



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