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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

704 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR JACKSON PARISH IN

NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 700 PM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED...THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL ACROSS JACKSON PARISH HAVE WEAKENED.  ONLY LIGHT TO

OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WAS CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED OVER

JACKSON PARISH.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER

TONIGHT...AND WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...FLASH FLOODING WILL

BE A POSSIBILITY.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION TONIGHT AS THEY TRAVEL.  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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