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

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

...FLOOD EMERGENCY IN 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 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

THE SHREVEPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING TO NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS 
ACROSS THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT. NUMEROUS CARS HAVE STALLED IN HIGH 
WATER...WITH HIGH WATER RESCUES IN PROGRESS CITYWIDE. PORTIONS OF 
INTERSTATE 20 IN SHREVEPORT ARE UNDERWATER...AND MAY BE CLOSED THIS 
EVENING SHOULD THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE.  

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 TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...THROUGH 915 PM.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND NORTHEASTERN
TEXAS.

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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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