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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
855 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
  GRANT PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINNFIELD...
  NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NATCHITOCHES...
  SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED 
  AREA. SURFACE REPORTS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT MUCH OF THE WARNED 
  AREA HAS RECEIVED THREE TO IN EXCESS OF FIVE INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING...WHICH HAS FALLEN OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. NUMEROUS 
  ROADS ACROSS NATCHITOCHES...WINN...GRANT PARISHES ARE FLOODED AND 
  CLOSED...AND WATER HAS ENTERED HOMES NEAR NATCHITOCHES. ADDITIONAL
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 
  AND SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVERNIGHT...FURTHER ENHANCING THE 
  FLASH FLOOD THREAT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION! TRAVEL IS 
  STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT!

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROSEVINE...
  GENEVA...ZWOLLE...MONTGOMERY...MANY...CONVERSE...COLFAX AND
  CAMPTI...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 245 AM.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3114 9405 3157 9398 3161 9390 3159 9384
      3168 9380 3184 9387 3184 9345 3194 9342
      3189 9327 3197 9323 3198 9313 3214 9315
      3214 9231 3170 9237 3144 9235 3138 9266
      3151 9272 3134 9295 3136 9338 3116 9358

$$

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