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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1143 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITEHOUSE...TYLER...

  SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINEOLA...



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 1139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL FOR RAIN AND 

  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. SURFACE AND RADAR ESTIMATES 

  INDICATE THAT WIDESPREAD THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

  THE WARNED AREAS SINCE LAST NIGHT...WITH MODERATE RAINFALL PRODUCING 

  RAIN RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR CONTINUING. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS

  AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH AND 

  SOUTHWEST FROM SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT...HENDERSON...AND NORTHERN CHEROKEE 

  COUNTIES...WHICH WILL TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINDALE AND

  HAWKINS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ISOLATED THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 245 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



LAT...LON 3266 9560 3270 9545 3271 9515 3254 9516

      3253 9500 3252 9500 3215 9513 3214 9545

      3224 9549 3228 9546 3236 9546 3246 9557



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