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WGUS74 KSHV 210438
FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1138 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

LAC043-069-085-127-TXC403-210745-
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SABINE TX-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES LA-GRANT LA-WINN LA-
1138 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
SABINE COUNTY...AND WINN...GRANT...NATCHITOCHES AND SABINE
PARISHES...

...A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NATCHITOCHES PARISH INCLUDING THE CITY 
OF NATCHITOCHES...

AT 1138 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. SURFACE REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES HAS FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON AND 
EVENING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO 
NEARLY EIGHT INCHES ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST SABINE PARISH...AS WELL 
AS SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED AND 
CLOSED...WITH WATER ENTERING HOMES NEAR NATCHITOCHES. ADDITIONAL 
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL 
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS 
AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THUS ONLY 
AGGRAVATING THE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! TRAVEL IS STRONGLY 
DISCOURAGED TONIGHT! 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINNFIELD...
NATCHITOCHES...MONTGOMERY...CONVERSE AND CAMPTI

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 245 AM. HOWEVER...ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS NEARING 
FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NATCHITOCHES 
PARISH...AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

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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