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WGUS54 KSHV 150214

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LAC049-150615-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

908 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 908 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH EXPANDED OVER MUCH OF JACKSON 

PARISH.  ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT CONTINUE FARTHER WEST INTO 

BIENVILLE PARISH...WHICH WILL MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS 

DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  NUMEROUS TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN 

THROUGHOUT JACKSON PARISH IN THE AFTERMATH OF A SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORM...WHICH ALSO HAS SATURATED THE GROUNDS FROM VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.  THIS WILL RESULT IN WATER 

BEING BACKLOGGED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PARISH...RESULTING IN FLASH 

FLOODING.  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN DURING THE LAST FEW HOURS...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF AN 

INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST NEAR 

35 MPH.



THIS STORM 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.



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...

  JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

UNTIL 115 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3246 9246 3218 9237 3219 9279 3237 9277



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