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WGUS54 KJAN 132010

FFWJAN

LAC025-132305-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

307 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CATAHOULA PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 605 PM CDT



* AT 307 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 22 MILES WEST OF   

JONESVILLE TO 24 MILES WEST OF LARTO LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 20   

MPH.  ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER CATAHOULA     

PARISH AHEAD OF THIS LINE.  THUS...A COUPLE OF HOURS OF HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED IN THE AREA. 



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN IN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PARISH.  OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF 

DAYS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN PRIOR TO TODAYS RAINFALL IN 

THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PARISH.  TOTAL RAINFALL OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS IS EXPECTED TO CREATE 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 



VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3132 9199 3193 9199 3187 9177 3192 9162

          3163 9173 3166 9178 3161 9183 3154 9180

          3142 9186 3132 9186



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