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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

719 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



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RICHLAND LA-

719 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR

RICHLAND PARISH...



AT 716 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT 

FLASH FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOW LYING LOCATIONS ACROSS RICHLAND 

PARISH. SEVERAL ROADS ARE ALSO INUNDATED WITH HIGH WATER...AND HIGH 

WATER FROM HEAVY RAINS IS BEGINNING TO APPROACH SOME HOMES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO START...HOLLY

RIDGE...WARDEN...RAYVILLE AND DELHI



WHILE HEAVY RAIN FOR THE TIME BEING HAS ENDED ACROSS THE 

PARISH...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE 

FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

JACKSON.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY

AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI.



LAT...LON 3237 9201 3255 9189 3253 9185 3257 9181

      3256 9175 3267 9163 3267 9159 3259 9159

      3259 9144 3241 9148 3241 9163 3239 9169

      3234 9172 3234 9175 3227 9177 3219 9183

      3217 9197 3220 9201 3227 9200 3229 9204



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