

000 

WGUS54 KSHV 150438

FFWSHV

LAC073-151030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1131 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1131 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF OUACHITA PARISH.  SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN 

LOUISIANA...AND WILL MOVE REPEATEDLY SOUTHEAST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA 

DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING CONTINUES 

OVER MUCH OF OUACHITA PARISH...AND IN THE CITIES OF MONROE...WEST 

MONROE...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AGGRAVATING THE ONGOING FLOODING 

SITUATION.  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE 

AREA AS A RESULT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER 

HOUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.   



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...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

UNTIL 530 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3252 9235 3229 9228 3228 9204 3271 9196



$$

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000 

WGUS54 KSHV 150438

FFWSHV

LAC073-151030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1131 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1131 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF OUACHITA PARISH.  SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN 

LOUISIANA...AND WILL MOVE REPEATEDLY SOUTHEAST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA 

DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING CONTINUES 

OVER MUCH OF OUACHITA PARISH...AND IN THE CITIES OF MONROE...WEST 

MONROE...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AGGRAVATING THE ONGOING FLOODING 

SITUATION.  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE 

AREA AS A RESULT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER 

HOUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.   



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...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

UNTIL 530 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3252 9235 3229 9228 3228 9204 3271 9196



$$

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