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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

346 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSK...JACKSONVILLE...

  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

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

  WESTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINEOLA...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 343 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. TROPICAL STORM

  IKE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

  ALONG AND NEAR THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION WHICH AS OF 343 PM WAS 

  NEAR TYLER TEXAS. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH

  NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL

  WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS AND SECONDARY ROADS

  HAVE BEEN FLOODED FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

  EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING COULD RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD 

  FLOODING PROBLEMS. 



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

  LINDALE...HAWKINS AND BIG SANDY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3296 9535 3294 9515 3291 9515 3291 9493

      3254 9497 3253 9499 3181 9499 3177 9540

      3199 9546 3209 9544 3215 9548 3236 9546

      3248 9560 3269 9560 3271 9563 3295 9565



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