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LAC073-020545-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

858 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 858 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN MONROE          

  LOUISIANA REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT FLOODING 

  FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL CONTINUED...WITH SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED.   

  SOME RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SANDBAGGING.



* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

  MONROE...RICHWOOD AND BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE.



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 AS WATERS 

CONTINUE MOVING DOWNSTREAM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF 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.



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

WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3259 9218 3242 9218 3242 9199 3258 9200



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