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WGUS74 KJAN 090215

FFSJAN

LAC123-090300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

907 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004



FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR...



WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA



AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS 

OF WEST CARROLL PARISH IN THE GOODWILL AREA...MOVING SOUTHWEST 

AROUND 10 MPH.  



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THE PAST HOUR ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 2 NEAR THE MOREHOUSE PARISH BORDER 

NEAR GOODWILL.  4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST TWO 

HOURS 4 TO 5 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF OAK GROVE.



WEST CARROLL PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT A COUPLE OF 

ROADWAYS HAD WATER OVER THEM IN OAK GROVE.  HOWEVER...RAINFALL WAS 

MUCH HEAVIER IN THE RURAL AREAS WEST OF OAK GROVE.  THUS...PONDING 

OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS...CREAKS AND STREAMS IS 

LIKELY OCCURRING.  



REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT IN AUTOMOBILES.  

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. 



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