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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

405 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM

CDT FOR RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



AT 400 AM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER RUSK COUNTY IN A 30 MILE WIDE

BAND FROM TATUM TO HENDERSON TO REKLAW. THIS RAIN BAND WAS NEARLY

STATIONARY. NUMEROUS STREETS IN HENDERSON WERE REPORTED TO BE UNDER

WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN

THE HENDERSON AREA AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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