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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1022 PM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CADDO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  SOUTHERN WEBSTER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CST THURSDAY

* AT 1010 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO
  REPORT WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...ON TOP OF
  THE 10-15 INCHES ALREADY OBSERVED DURING THIS EVENT. FLASH
  FLOODING IS WIDESPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA WITH
  EVACUATIONS AND HIGH WATER RESCUES BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
LOUISIANA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...MANSFIELD...HAUGHTON...
  GREENWOOD...BLANCHARD...BENTON...STONEWALL...LOGANSPORT...
  RINGGOLD...SIBLEY...COTTON VALLEY...DOYLINE...MOORINGSPORT...
  DUBBERLY...DIXIE INN...HEFLIN...FOSTERS AND EASTWOOD.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3188 9390 3190 9390 3189 9391 3200 9402
      3270 9399 3285 9324 3272 9324 3255 9320
      3203 9343 3185 9387

$$

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