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WGUS54 KSHV 100552
FFWSHV
LAC073-101200-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160310T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1152 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR OUACHITA PARISH INCLUDING THE CITY OF
MONROE LOUISIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 600 AM CST THURSDAY

* AT 1147 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ONGOING
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ON TOP OF THE NEARLY 15 INCHES OF RAIN
  THE PARISH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED OVER THE PAST 18 TO 24 HOURS.
  FLOODING IS ALREADY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PARISH WITH EVACUATIONS
  AND HIGH WATER RESCUES BEING REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
  PARISH. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR OUACHITA PARISH INCLUDING THE
CITY OF MONROE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MONROE...CLAIBORNE...WEST MONROE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOM...
  BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE...SWARTZ...RICHWOOD...STERLINGTON...PINE GROVE...
  MINERAL SPRINGS...LUNA...GUTHRIE...FONDALE...BOSCO...EUREKA...CADERVILLE...
  DESHARD...DREW...FAIRBANKS AND CALHOUN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3240 9200 3229 9203 3228 9210 3226 9211
      3228 9231 3232 9231 3241 9242 3258 9241
      3259 9223 3261 9222 3269 9209 3272 9207
      3269 9205 3270 9203 3271 9204 3271 9197
      3266 9194 3266 9191 3260 9193 3252 9190

$$

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