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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

433 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 433 AM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 79 IN        

  HAYNESVILLE...WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CLOSING OFF A PORTION 

  OF THE HIGHWAY 79 IN HAYNESVILLE DUE TO HIGH WATER.  NATIONAL      

  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT ALSO INDICATED A       

  LARGE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES 

  IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR...OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY    

  RECEIVED UPWARDS TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS...  

  MUCH OF CLAIBORNE PARISH THROUGH AT 600 AM CDT



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...

  CLAIBORNE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3300 9322 3261 9316 3279 9275 3302 9286



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