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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

713 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NATCHITOCHES...

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLAR RADAR 

  INDICATES HOURLY RAIN RATES BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES PER HOUR 

  ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF HEMPHILL 

  TEXAS...EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SABINE PARISH...AS WELL AS 

  CENTRAL NATCHITOCHES PARISH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING THE HEAVY 

  RAIN CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND SHIFT EAST INTO NATCHITOCHES 

  PARISH...WITH ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRING FARTHER WEST TO NEAR

  ZAVALLA TEXAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY 

  RECEIVED WIDESPREAD TWO TO FIVE INCH RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE 

  SATURDAY...WHEN HURRICANE IKE TRACKED NORTH ACROSS EAST TEXAS. 



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

  MANY



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEARING FIVE INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 11 AM.



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 3116 9397 3150 9397 3197 9289 3177 9297

      3172 9296 3162 9288 3152 9273 3137 9290

      3135 9300 3136 9338 3128 9344 3127 9352

      3119 9356



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