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WGUS74 KSHV 311103

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LAZ001-002-010-311500-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

602 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR

CADDO...BOSSIER...AND DE SOTO PARISHES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 10 AM...



A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER

CITY AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND ARE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE

METROPOLITAN AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE

TO TWO INCHES WITHIN AN HOURS TIME ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION UNTIL

MID MORNING.



ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME GENERALLY DRY DURING THE LAST

FEW WEEKS...THESE RAINFALL RATES ARE TOO GREAT FOR URBAN DRAINAGE

AREAS TO OVERCOME...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST AND

SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT.



RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR FLOOD PRONE...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS...LAKES...RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND BAYOUS...SHOULD BE

ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION UNTIL

RAIN SUBSIDES LATER THIS MORNING.

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