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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1057 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 300 AM CST



* AT 1057 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR      

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF SHELBY COUNTY TEXAS AND DESOTO   

  PARISH LOUISIANA.  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE   

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS IN THE    

  LAST THREE HOURS...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE  

  DURING THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF CLOSED ROADS HAVE   

  BEEN RECEIVED...AND THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING       

  PROBLEM. A REPORT OF 4.34 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 10 AM WAS RECEIVED  

  FROM A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN CENTER TEXAS.



THESE STORMS 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...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 300 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3219 9403 3198 9404 3176 9440 3165 9385

          3184 9394 3190 9350 3220 9392

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