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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

536 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  LA SALLE PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1130 PM CST



* AT 530 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF WIDESPREAD 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THE 

GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

DURING THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE 

THIS EVENING...AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN EAST 

TEXAS...AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA. ROAD 

CLOSURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT A FEW LOCATIONS...ADDITIONAL 

ROAD CLOSURES ARE IMMINENT LATER THIS EVENING. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  LA SALLE PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 1130 PM CST.



LAT...LON 3178 9382 3138 9358 3159 9216 3188 9205

          3191 9235 3213 9244 3211 9282 3180 9345

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