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WGUS54 KSHV 240357

FFWSHV

LAC069-240745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

955 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 145 AM CST



* AT 955 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF NATCHITOCHES PARISH...WITH  

  ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRING FARTHER WEST INTO DEEP EAST     

  TEXAS.  RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE         

  POSSIBLE...FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.  AN ADDITIONAL  

  ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

URBAN HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW

FARMLAND.



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...

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 145 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3156 9327 3140 9299 3182 9299 3196 9315

          3172 9331

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