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WGUS54 KSHV 011047

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TXC073-011345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

543 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT



* AT 539 AM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF        

  CHEROKEE COUNTY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



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

WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

UNTIL 845 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3206 9538 3168 9520 3159 9500 3208 9516



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