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WGUS54 KSHV 170138

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TXC037-170430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

840 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 833 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER WESTERN TEXARKANA...NASH AND WAKE   

  VILLAGE COMMUNITIES...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.  DOPPLER RADAR   

  ESTIMATES ONE INCH HAS FALLEN IN SPOTS OVER THE PAST HALF          

  HOUR...WITH ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM    

  PASSES THROUGH.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...ON TOP OF ALREADY       

  SATURATED GROUNDS FROM EARLIER RAINFALL...WILL CAUSE SOME FLASH    

  FLOODING. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING EARLY       

  TONIGHT...AND AVOID ANY HIGHWAYS OR SECONDARY ROADWAYS THAT ARE    

  COVERED IN STANDING WATER.   



THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

URBAN HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW

FARMLAND.



CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...OR STORM

DRAINS.



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 1130 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3333 9406 3346 9409 3366 9469 3335 9470



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