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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

940 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR

SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



AT 940 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN

SHREVEPORT...INDICATED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER

SHELBY COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONGER

THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVIER RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF THE

AREA...BUT ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAIN WILL RETURN OVER NORTHERN

SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY AT TIMES. A COOP OBSERVER IN CENTER TEXAS

HAD REPORTED THAT 2.86 INCHES OF RAIN HAD OCCURRED. THE OBSERVER

HAD ALSO REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 87 BETWEEN CENTER AND TIMPSON WAS

CLOSED...AND U.S. 59 BETWEEN TIMPSON AND TENAHA WAS CLOSED.

ADDITIONAL ROADWAYS WILL MOST LIKELY BE CLOSED...OR COVERED WITH

WATER AS RUNOFF CONTINUES TO DRAIN AND COLLECT IN LOW AREAS

AND IN CREEKS AND STREAMS ALONG ROADWAYS.



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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