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WGUS74 KSHV 172245

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LAZ014-180045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

544 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM

CDT FOR OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



AT 535 PM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER MUCH OF OUACHITA

PARISH...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CALHOUN...MONROE...STERLINGTON

AND WEST MONROE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER WEST

MONROE AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF WEST MONROE...WHERE DOPPLER RAINFALL

HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER

THE PAST HOUR.  LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS STREET FLOODING IN THE CITY

OF WEST MONROE...AS WELL AS WATER OVER LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 34.

ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS

BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.



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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