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WGUS54 KSHV 272350

FFWSHV

TXC183-280245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

646 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT



* AT 646 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER LONGVIEW AND WHITE OAK.   

  THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  DOPPLER RADAR

  ESTIMATED THREE INCHES IN ONE HOUR...BETWEEN 545 PM AND 645

  PM...AND ANOTHER TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 



THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

URBAN HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.



CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...OR STORM

DRAINS.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS...IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3240 9498 3243 9482 3240 9473 3255 9480



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