Thursday, June 10, 2010

Flash Flood Warning 00:02:55.4043

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RUSK...JACKSONVILLE...
GREGG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITE OAK...LONGVIEW...KILGORE...
GLADEWATER...
SMITH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITEHOUSE...TYLER...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 1152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS FROM NEAR JACKSONVILLE NORTHEAST TO
TYLER...AND LONGVIEW TEXAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND SPREAD OVER THE SAME
GENERAL LOCATIONS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO OVER 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO NEAR 5 INCHES BEFORE THE
RAINS END.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TROUP...
REESE...PONTA...MOUNT SELMAN...MIXON...LIBERTY CITY...CLARKSVILLE
CITY...BULLARD 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3238 9548 3256 9522 3255 9502 3252 9500
3266 9471 3243 9470 3240 9466 3240 9457
3237 9458 3236 9500 3182 9499 3159 9493
3160 9527 3168 9529 3173 9536 3185 9545
3193 9544 3199 9546 3205 9543 3211 9547

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