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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1158 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 300 AM CDT



* AT 1148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS           

  CONTINUED TO DETECTED TROPICAL SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS  

  PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER CATAHOULA AND CONCORDIA PARISHES.   

  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME AREAS HAVE HAD UP TO 4 INCHES OF 

  RAIN IN AN HOUR...AND THAT BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  FALLEN ALREADY OVER SOUTHERN CONCORDIA PARISH AND MOST OF          

  CATAHOULA PARISH. THERE COULD EVEN BE AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES IN SOME 

  AREAS.



  FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREETS HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN 

  THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL 

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

  MORE SERIOUS FLOODING OF STREAMS AND BAYOUS.



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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