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FFSSHV

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
924 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

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SMITH TX-CHEROKEE TX-
924 AM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SMITH AND NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR
CHEROKEE AND SMITH COUNTIES...

AT 919 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 
OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOURLY RAIN RATES ACROSS MUCH OF SMITH COUNTY 
AND NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES CONTINUE IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER 
HOUR. OVER 7.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT TYLER POUNDS FIELD 
AIRPORT SINCE 1 AM THIS MORNING...IN ADDITION TO THE 1.75 INCHES 
THAT FELL DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. 

WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT SMITH 
COUNTY...WITH NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED...WATER IN HOMES...AND BRIDGES 
WASHED OUT.  

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1030 AM. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 
BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3268 9559 3260 9546 3260 9532 3255 9520
      3257 9515 3255 9514 3255 9502 3253 9499
      3205 9499 3199 9545 3205 9543 3209 9544
      3211 9547 3236 9546 3248 9560

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