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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

745 AM CDT WED MAY 12 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 745 AM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR  

  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF GRANT        

  PARISH.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN REDEVELOPMENT FARTHER WEST NEAR     

  LEESVILLE AND ALEXANDRIA...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF    

  THE PARISH DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN   

  COLFAX HAS REPORTED 4.22 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24             

  HOURS...WHILE DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED WIDESPREAD THREE TO FIVE 

  INCH AMOUNTS WHICH HAS FALLEN SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  THESE      

  STORMS CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SHREVEPORT.



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

WARNING FOR...

  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3144 9265 3170 9287 3170 9263 3176 9259

      3179 9237 3170 9236 3162 9238 3159 9234

      3148 9234 3148 9234 3142 9260



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