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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1026 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL

REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...



AT 1015 PM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED...THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR

INCHES ACROSS UPSHUR COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED. ONLY LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY

MODERATE RAIN WAS CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED OVER THE COUNTY.  LAW

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A FEW COUNTY ROADS HAD WATER OVER THEM...

BUT THAT THE WATER WAS RECEDING.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS

POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...AND WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS...FLASH

FLOODING WILL ONCE AGAIN 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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