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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
816 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

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CADDO LA-BOSSIER LA-DE SOTO LA-SHELBY TX-
816 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SHELBY COUNTY...AND DE SOTO...BOSSIER AND CADDO PARISHES...

AT 816 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 
OVER MUCH OF SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE FLOODED AND 
CLOSED...WITH MANY CARS STRANDED DUE TO HIGH WATER. HIGH WATER RESCUES ARE 
IN PROGRESS...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CURRENTLY DRIFTING EAST ACROSS 
SOUTHERN CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES...AS WELL AS WESTERN DESOTO AND EASTERN 
SHELBY COUNTY TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HOURLY RAIN RATES 
EXCEEDING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...OVER AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN WIDESPREAD TWO TO 
FIVE INCHES OF RAIN. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STONEWALL...
SHREVEPORT...RED CHUTE...GREENWOOD...EASTWOOD AND BOSSIER CITY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

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LAT...LON 3164 9415 3198 9406 3199 9401 3200 9404
      3248 9404 3270 9353 3225 9352 3224 9360
      3196 9376 3185 9388 3170 9387 3157 9398

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