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WGUS54 KSHV 070709

FFWSHV

LAC069-081-085-071300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

208 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 208 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITHIN A BAND OF SHOWERS AND           

  THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES WIDE. THE BAND EXTENDED FROM NEAR     

  PROVENCAL IN NATCHITOCHES PARISH...TO FLORIEN IN SABINE PARISH.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND

  WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA.

  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO RED RIVER PARISH. 



THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH 

RURAL COUNTRY ROADS AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND SOME LOW FARMLAND.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS...IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY

ESPECIALLY IF THE WATER IS MOVING RAPIDLY.



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

WARNING FOR...

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 800 AM CDT.

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