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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1130 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



* UNTIL 530 AM CST



* AT 1125 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

INDICATED HEAVY RAIN SPREADING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...ACROSS CENTRAL 

LOUISIANA...INTO GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES. THIS RAIN WILL BE 

FALLING OVER AN AREA...THAT HAS HAD OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS

POSSIBLE AS ACTIVITY MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA.

 

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

UNTIL 530 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3157 9270 3142 9267 3147 9249 3150 9202

          3192 9211

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