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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1125 PM CST MON NOV 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA



* UNTIL 530 AM CST



* AT 1119 PM CST...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER       

  RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND               

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR            

  ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

  PAST THREE HOURS...WITH THE MONROE REGIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVING      

  AROUND 2.35 INCHES OF RAIN.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL        

  CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...WITH   

  ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. 



* THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE...

  OVER MUCH OF OUACHITA PARISH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 530 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3244 9237 3231 9205 3256 9187 3267 9208



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