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WGUS54 KSHV 070954

FFWSHV

TXC037-071245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

449 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 449 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF BOWIE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY   

  ALONG THE INTERSTATE 30 CORRIDOR.  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE  

  OVER THE SAME AREA...WITH DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES BETWEEN 

  ONE AND THREE INCHES.  ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS      

  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE   

  SAME AREA.



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...

  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 745 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3344 9467 3335 9448 3340 9411 3355 9425



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