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WGUS74 KSHV 020003

FFSSHV

LAC073-020200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

700 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OUACHITA PARISH IN

NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...



AT 645 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL OVER MUCH

OF NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. OVER MOST OF OUACHITA PARISH...

RAINFALL RATES HAVE TAPERED OFF TO LESS THAN ONE INCH AN HOUR.

SINCE THE HEAVY RAIN BEGAN JUST BEFORE 5 PM...OVER 3 INCHES HAS

FALLEN AT THE MONROE REGIONAL AIRPORT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF

INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MONROE REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED

IN AND AROUND THE CITY.



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.



CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES.



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