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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

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HARRISON TX-UPSHUR TX-MARION TX-GREGG TX-
325 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR HARRISON COUNTY...

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR
HARRISON...SOUTHEASTERN UPSHUR...MARION AND GREGG COUNTIES...

AT 325 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...OVER AREAS WHICH
HAVE SEEN FOUR TO IN EXCESS OF EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS HARRISON
COUNTY...WITH MOTORISTS BEING RESCUED FROM SUBMERGED VEHICLES NEAR
HALLSVILLE.

THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL HARRISON
COUNTY. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...KILGORE...WHITE OAK...GLADEWATER...
HALLSVILLE...WASKOM...JEFFERSON...ORE CITY...CLARKSVILLE CITY...EAST
MOUNTAIN...DIANA...WEST MOUNTAIN...SMITHLAND...WOODLAWN...LODI...
HARLETON...BEREA...KARNACK AND LIBERTY CITY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 545 AM.

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.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3267 9498 3288 9463 3288 9404 3239 9404
      3238 9447 3241 9456 3238 9459 3237 9498

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