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WGUS54 KJAN 030418

FFWJAN

LAC041-107-030715-

/O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0105.080903T0418Z-080903T0715Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1118 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINNSBORO...

  TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 1106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED

  TROPICAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL

  RAIN OVER FRANKLIN AND TENSAS PARISHES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WAS FALLING IN THESE AREAS...

  AND THAT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALREADY OVER

  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN TENSAS PARISHES. 



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

  NEWLIGHT...JIGGER...LIDDIEVILLE...CROWVILLE...BAKERS...AFTON AND

  NEWELLTON



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA. THIS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS GIVEN

ALREADY SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT CONTINUOUS RAINFALL. 



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 3234 9175 3241 9163 3238 9145 3222 9153

      3226 9113 3216 9116 3213 9103 3206 9107

      3208 9115 3203 9107 3182 9125 3184 9134

      3176 9136 3176 9126 3175 9128 3176 9153

      3197 9159 3188 9178 3208 9192



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