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LAZ018-172345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

438 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



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

CDT FOR NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



AT 430 PM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER MUCH OF NATCHITOCHES

PARISH...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NATCHITOCHES. LAW ENFORCEMENT

REPORTS STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY OF NATCHITOCHES AND TRAVEL IS

INCREASINGLY BECOMING DIFFICULT DUE TO THE HIGH WATER.  RADAR

ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN

THE NATCHITOCHES AREA IN THE PAST HOUR.



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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