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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

615 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 1215 AM CST



* AT 615 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

  INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

  MOVING INTO WESTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.



THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY...AND 

THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS ROADWAYS TO 

BECOME FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. ADDITIONAL BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT...FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING PROBLEMS.



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

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



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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

WARNING FOR...

  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

UNTIL 1215 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3449 9503 3420 9507 3392 9514 3376 9454

          3415 9448 3450 9447

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