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WGUS74 KSHV 242035

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LAC015-017-031-TXC365-242200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

334 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PANOLA COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS IS

CANCELED...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST

LOUISIANA THROUGH 500 PM...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING

FOR PANOLA COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THAT

AREA.



HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CADDO PARISH REMAINS IN EFFECT

UNTIL 500 PM.



AT 325 PM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS MUCH OF THE

WEST AND SOUTH PARTS OF CADDO PARISH...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 330 PM AND 500 PM OVER THE

SHREVEPORT METROPOLITAN AREA.



SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING...THE RAIN GAUGE LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF

GREENWOOD LOUISIANA RECORDED 5.84 INCHES OF RAIN...AND THE

SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED 2.30 INCHES.



AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS QUITE POSSIBLE IN CADDO

PARISH...AS NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE PARISH AND

THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT.



IF YOU TRAVEL...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED

ROADWAYS.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE AROUND BARRICADES ERECTED BY LAW

ENFORCEMENT TO CLOSE ROADWAYS FLOODED BY HIGH WATER.  REMEMBER...TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOODED AREAS OR NEAR DRAINAGE

DITCHES AS THEY ARE DISMISSED FROM SCHOOL.



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