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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

753 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 750 AM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SHELBY      

  COUNTY.  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER         

  THE AREA PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING           

  NORTHEAST OVER THE SAME AREA...WILL ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL        

  ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WHICH WILL CAUSE 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.



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.



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

WARNING FOR...

  SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3193 9446 3166 9432 3164 9386 3197 9405



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