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WGUS54 KJAN 150453

FFWJAN

LAC083-150650-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1149 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 150 AM CDT



* AT 1149 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO WESTERN RICHLAND 

PARISH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN

ACROSS THE PARISH EARLIER THIS EVENING AND AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 4 

INCHES FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...COMING IN FROM THE WEST

IS EXPECTED BY 150 AM. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3254 9154 3226 9187 3232 9201 3255 9183



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