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WGUS54 KJAN 030252

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LAC025-029-030445-

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

952 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTEREY...LARTO...

  CONCORDIA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  TROPICAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

  RAIN OVER CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WAS FALLING IN THESE AREAS...

  AND THAT BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALREADY OVER

  SOUTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH AND MOST OF CATAHOULA PARISH. 



  FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREETS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN 

  THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL 

  EXACERBATE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS...AND COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO

  MORE SERIOUS FLOODING OF STREAMS AND BAYOUS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SPOKANE...

  FROGMORE...WILDSVILLE...LEE BAYOU...WALLACE RIDGE...WALTERS...

  ARCHIE...MANIFEST...AIMWELL...SHERWOOD...ENTERPRISE...ROSEFIELD...

  WEST FERRIDAY...JONESVILLE AND CLAYTON



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.



LAT...LON 3193 9200 3197 9190 3188 9178 3197 9159

      3178 9155 3175 9137 3162 9142 3165 9151

      3158 9141 3153 9151 3139 9147 3142 9157

      3129 9151 3126 9165 3105 9155 3098 9165

      3122 9169 3131 9190 3123 9192 3125 9200



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