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WGUS54 KSHV 172159

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LAC073-180045-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

452 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 452 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN TO                       

  THE SOUTHWEST OF MONROE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ONE TO OVER

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR OVER A SHORT TIME.



THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

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

FARMLAND. ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO 

TRACK ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. 



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...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

UNTIL 745 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3246 9232 3232 9219 3249 9202 3257 9218



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