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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1243 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN WEBSTER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 1237 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO
  REPORT WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING DUE TO EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR.
  HIGH WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN ONGOING...AND MANY HIGHWAYS AND ROADS
  ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM FLOODING. HIGH WATER IS ALSO
  AFFECTING SOME HOMES IN BOSSIER AND WEBSTER PARISHES AS WELL AS
  OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HAUGHTON...STONEWALL...SIBLEY...
  DOYLINE...DIXIE INN...DUBBERLY...EASTWOOD...KEACHI...GRAND CANE...
  LONGSTREET...NOLES LANDING...MC DADE...ROBSON...KEAT CHIE...TAYLORTOWN...
  FILLMORE AND COUCHWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3261 9320 3249 9327 3239 9344 3209 9372
      3198 9394 3216 9395 3225 9391 3245 9373
      3276 9337 3271 9324 3270 9320

$$

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