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WGUS54 KSHV 010947

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TXC401-011245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

441 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 435 AM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF RUSK   

  COUNTY.  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST      

  COUPLE OF HOURS...AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST OVER THE SAME 

  AREA WILL ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH 

  COULD CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

WARNING FOR...

  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 745 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3222 9490 3193 9497 3194 9459 3230 9466



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