Thursday, July 30, 2009

Flash Flood Warning 03:24:14.1250

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE...
SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WHITEHOUSE...

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 321 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BULLARD...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR COULD
BE FALLING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOUNT
SELMAN...MIXON...TROUP AND ARP...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE
THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3223 9546 3225 9499 3194 9498 3191 9499
3192 9544 3201 9544 3209 9544 3210 9545

$$

D. BUTTS

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