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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

200 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM FOR BIENVILLE... 

JACKSON...LINCOLN...OUACHITA AND UNION PARISHES IN NORTH LOUISIANA...



AT 200 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE WARNED AREA WERE 

REPORTING NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING. HIGHWAY 3072 NEAR 

VIENNA IN LINCOLN PARISH HAS BEEN CLOSED...AS WELL AS MANY SECONDARY 

ROADS. HIGHWAY 167 THROUGH JACKSON AND LINCOLN PARISHES HAD HIGH 

WATER THREATENING TO GO OVER THE ROAD.



ALSO...THE WESTBOUND LANE OF INTERSTATE 20 IS BEING THREATENED BY 

HIGH WATER IN THE MEDIAN. MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 20 SHOULD REMAIN 

ALERT FOR HIGH WATER ON THE ROADWAY.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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