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000 

WGUS74 KSHV 011248

FFSSHV

TXC073-011345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

745 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST

TEXAS...UNTIL 845 AM CDT...



AT 740 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN

SHREVEPORT...INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL NEAR ALTO...WERE GRADUALLY SHIFTING SOUTH OUT OF THE

COUNTY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE

NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING JACKSONVILLE AND RUSK.  LAW

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A FEW COUNTY ROADS NEAR JACKSONVILLE HAD

HIGH WATER OVER THEM...AND THAT WATER WAS COVERING THE BRIDGE ON

HIGHWAY 1610 SOUTH OF RUSK. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED

SOUTH OF ALTO...BEFORE THE STORMS SHIFT SOUTHWARD. FARTHER NORTH...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  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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000 

WGUS74 KSHV 011248

FFSSHV

TXC073-011345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

745 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST

TEXAS...UNTIL 845 AM CDT...



AT 740 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN

SHREVEPORT...INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY

RAINFALL NEAR ALTO...WERE GRADUALLY SHIFTING SOUTH OUT OF THE

COUNTY...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE

NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING JACKSONVILLE AND RUSK.  LAW

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A FEW COUNTY ROADS NEAR JACKSONVILLE HAD

HIGH WATER OVER THEM...AND THAT WATER WAS COVERING THE BRIDGE ON

HIGHWAY 1610 SOUTH OF RUSK. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED

SOUTH OF ALTO...BEFORE THE STORMS SHIFT SOUTHWARD. FARTHER NORTH...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  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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