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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

800 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 800 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GILMER AND REST OF UPSHUR COUNTY.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR.  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF   

  RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. 



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. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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...

  UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3260 9510 3259 9487 3286 9473 3287 9508



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