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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

922 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 115 AM CST



* AT 925 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...   

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN SPREADING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...ACROSS 

NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...INTO LINCOLN AND UNION PARISHES. THIS 

RAIN WILL BE FALLING OVER AN AREA...THAT HAS HAD AMOUNTS 

TO NEAR ONE INCH DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...AND ALREADY

NEAR SATURATED SOILS AND SWOLLEN STREAMS...CREEKS...AND 

BAYOUS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS...WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

UNTIL 115 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3267 9287 3249 9287 3253 9244 3262 9241

          3275 9210 3299 9213 3297 9269 3276 9269

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