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LAC043-049-069-127-220145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

346 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 745 PM CST



* AT 346 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

  PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...MOVING NORTHEAST  

  AT 25 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OCCURRING OVER AN AREA THAT HAS   

  HAD FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES EARLIER...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2         

  INCHES EXPECTED. THE ONSET OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF  

  ROADS AND LOW AREAS. COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS   

  OF BAYOUS...CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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...

  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 745 PM CST.



LAT...LON 3179 9337 3156 9322 3139 9313 3155 9271

          3143 9265 3150 9230 3163 9242 3187 9237

          3213 9232 3248 9252 3242 9273 3213 9279

          3212 9314 3196 9310



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