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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1142 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  CAMP COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...LEESBURG...
  WESTERN CASS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAGANSPORT...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CLARKSVILLE...BOXELDER...
  TITUS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT...
  NORTHEASTERN UPSHUR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
  MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 1131 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT
INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...TO
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MANCHESTER...DE KALB...BOGATA...BAGWELL...IDABEL AND BROKEN BOW...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE GROUND ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA IS NEARLY COMPLETELY SATURATED
FROM HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO OVER 6 INCHES...WHICH HAVE
OCCURRED SINCE LAST NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF.

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
SHREVEPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3451 9453 3277 9454 3298 9515 3300 9515
      3299 9531 3387 9532 3391 9528 3390 9525
      3393 9526 3397 9523 3395 9517 3424 9516
      3425 9506 3451 9504

$$

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