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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  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...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 637 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED 
TO DETECT AREAS OF MODERATE AND 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 GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FIVE TO 
SEVEN INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH HIGHER 
AMOUNTS OF EIGHT TO TEN INCHES ACROSS NATCHITOCHES PARISH. THE 
KISATCHIE RANGER STATION IN NATCHITOCHES PARISH REPORTED A TOTAL OF 
10.19 INCHES THIS MORNING. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED AND 
CLOSED...WITH WATER ENTERING HOMES IN NATCHITOCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING 
AND INTO DAYBREAK...AND ONLY CONTINUE TO EXACERBATE FLASH FLOODING. 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! 
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS MORNING!

  A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR NATCHITOCHES PARISH.

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

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

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 3117 9360 3137 9364 3147 9375 3151 9372
      3160 9384 3170 9380 3184 9387 3184 9345
      3194 9342 3201 9315 3211 9316 3215 9318
      3214 9231 3161 9238 3147 9221 3139 9266
      3151 9272 3135 9295 3136 9339 3116 9359

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