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WGUS54 KSHV 232309

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TXC067-315-240300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

510 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 900 PM CST



* AT 510 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED A NEW AREA OF RAIN...SOME OF IT HEAVY AT TIMES 

  MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF CASS AND MARION COUNTIES.

  THIS RAIN WILL BE MOVING OVER AN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES

  THAT RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY. ANY

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY   

  IN AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS WHERE

  WATER COLLECTS IN HEAVY RAIN. 



WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THE WARNING AREA...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH 

FLOODS.



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

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



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

WARNING FOR...

  CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 900 PM CST.

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