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TXC423-011230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

328 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 328 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER    

  RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF  

  SMITH COUNTY. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH   

  OF THE COUNTY SINCE 2 AM...WHICH COULD LEAD TO POTENTIAL FLOODING  

  PROBLEMS OVER AREA ROADWAYS AND STREAMS.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

  CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ACROSS ANDERSON COUNTY...AND WILL MOVE       

  NORTHEAST AFFECTING MUCH OF SMITH COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL   

  HOURS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



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

WARNING FOR...

  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3217 9545 3215 9500 3250 9500 3264 9558



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