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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1257 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



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WOOD TX-SMITH TX-

1257 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR SMITH

AND SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTIES...



AT 1253 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

FLOODED ACROSS MUCH OF SMITH COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS 

TAPERED OFF ACROSS SMITH AND SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTIES...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN 

CONTINUE. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS 

ANDERSON AND NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...WHICH MAY DRIFT NORTH INTO 

WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH OTHER

AREAS OF RAIN SLOWLY ADVANCING EAST FROM NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MINEOLA...

LINDALE AND HAWKINS



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH 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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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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