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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
130 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

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CADDO LA-BIENVILLE LA-BOSSIER LA-WEBSTER LA-DE SOTO LA-RED RIVER LA-
130 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA INCLUDING SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...HAUGHTON...
MINDEN...AND STONEWALL...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR CADDO...WEST CENTRAL BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...SOUTHERN
WEBSTER...DE SOTO AND NORTHWESTERN RED RIVER PARISHES...

AT 121 PM CST...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE WASHED OUT AND CLOSED...INCLUDING
PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 20 AND U.S. 79 IN WEBSTER PARISH. NUMEROUS
HOMES ARE BEING IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATERS. ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE
INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS...WHICH WILL SUBSTANTIALLY ADD TO THE ONGOING FLOODING.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.
SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...MANSFIELD...HAUGHTON...GREENWOOD...
BLANCHARD...BENTON...STONEWALL...LOGANSPORT...RINGGOLD...SIBLEY...COTTON
VALLEY...DOYLINE...MOORINGSPORT...DUBBERLY...DIXIE INN...HEFLIN...FOSTERS
AND EASTWOOD.

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.

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

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

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

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LAT...LON 3188 9390 3190 9390 3189 9391 3200 9402
      3270 9399 3285 9324 3272 9324 3255 9320
      3203 9343 3185 9387

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