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WGUS74 KSHV 171501

FFSSHV

LAC073-171730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1000 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2004



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

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...



AT 955 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN

SHOWERS OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTH PART OF OUACHITA PARISH. ALTHOUGH

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE IMMEDIATE MONROE VICINITY...SOME

RESIDUAL STREET FLOODING MAY STILL BE OCCURRING IN THE MONROE AREA...

AND IN THE SOUTH PART OF OUACHITA PARISH. THIS STREET FLOODING

SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY NOON.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO WATER THAT COVERS A ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE

TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT

PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES.



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