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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
242 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINNFIELD...
  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NATCHITOCHES...
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 
TO DETECT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM 
ACTIVITY PASSING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. SURFACE REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES 
INDICATE THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES HAS FALLEN 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO NINE EIGHT 
INCHES ACROSS NATCHITOCHES PARISH. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED AND 
CLOSED...WITH WATER ENTERING HOMES IN NATCHITOCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE 
WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING AND INTO DAYBREAK...THUS ONLY AGGRAVATING 
THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING SITUATION! TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS MORNING!

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NATCHITOCHES PARISH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZWOLLE...
  MONTGOMERY...MANY...CONVERSE AND CAMPTI...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

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. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3114 9405 3157 9398 3161 9390 3159 9384
      3168 9380 3184 9387 3184 9345 3194 9342
      3189 9327 3197 9323 3198 9313 3214 9315
      3214 9231 3170 9237 3144 9235 3138 9266
      3151 9272 3134 9295 3136 9338 3116 9358

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