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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

244 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 645 PM CST



* AT 244 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PROCURING VERY HEAVY         

  RAIN OVER SABINE PARISH SOUTH OF MANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TO NEAR 1 TO 2 INCHES

  WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW AREAS..  



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

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



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS...IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



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

WARNING FOR...

  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 645 PM CST.



LAT...LON 3126 9358 3140 9324 3153 9326 3154 9335

          3170 9336 3173 9345 3182 9349 3182 9376



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