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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
236 PM CST SUN NOV 1 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WATER OVER TOPPING A LEVEE IN...
BOSSIER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...THIS INCLUDES THE CITY
OF RED CHUTE AND SLIGO...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 230 PM CST...A POTENTIAL FAILURE OF THE LEVEE ON RED CHUTE
BAYOU NORTH OF LOUISIANA DOWNS CONTINUED...AS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT. THE LEVEE ON THE RED CHUTE BAYOU IS BEING TOPPED AND
WATER IS LEAKING UNDER SANDBAGS...NEAR THE DOGWOOD TRAIL BRIDGE.
RESIDENTS IN THE FOLLOWING SUBDIVISIONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
FLOODING...AND ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE BEFORE THE WATER
ARRIVES. THOSE AREAS INCLUDE...
STOCKWELL...
BROOKHAVEN...
CARRIAGE OAKS...
VICTORIAN POINT...
CARRIAGE OAKS CROSSING...
LAFAYETTE PARK...
STONEBRIDGE...
RICHMOND COVE...
ORCHARD SUBDIVISION...
PECAN GROVE...
AND HOMES AROUND THE CAPLIS SLIGO ROAD.
WATER IS ALREADY ENTERING HOMES IN THE PECAN GROVE SUBDIVISION OFF
OF CAPLIS SLIGO ROAD. WATER IS SPILLING OVER A ONE HALF MILE AREA
OF THE RED CHUTE LEVEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN THE RED CHUTE BAYOU FROM THE
DOGWOOD TRAIL BRIDGE TO SLIGO ROAD. AT 230 PM...THE THE RED CHUTE
BAYOU AT THE DOGWOOD TRAIL BRIDGE WAS AT 26.35 FEET AND APPEARS TO
BE NEARING CREST. DOWN SOUTH AT SLIGO...THE RED CHUTE BAYOU WAS AT
37.33 FEET. RED CHUTE BAYOU AT SLIGO HAS CRESTED AND CONTINUES TO
SPREAD OUT.
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 3244 9362 3257 9364 3257 9357 3242 9348
3240 9343 3237 9340 3231 9342 3226 9341
3226 9347
PARKER
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