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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
616 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  CENTRAL BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RED CHUTE...BOSSIER CITY...
  SOUTHERN CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT...
  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO 
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA TODAY...WITH 
  HOURLY RAIN RATES EXCEEDING TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR FROM 
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SHELBY AND PANOLA COUNTIES FALLING OVER 
  ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATES THESE THUNDERSTORMS 
  BACKBUILDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS...AND WILL MOVE 
  NORTHEAST REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS THROUGH 915 PM. FLASH 
  FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS SHREVEPORT DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  
  GIVEN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CITY EARLIER THIS 
  AFTERNOON...AND THE EXPECTED FLASH FLOODING...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY 
  DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING.   

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GREENWOOD
  AND EASTWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3164 9415 3198 9406 3200 9404 3248 9404
      3270 9353 3225 9352 3223 9360 3221 9358
      3219 9353 3211 9352 3186 9372 3185 9388
      3170 9387 3157 9397

$$

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