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FLSSHV
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
620 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
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620 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LUFKIN...DIBOLL...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING
ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUFKIN...TO
DIBOLL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PRODUCING HOURLY RAIN RATES IN BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES PER
HOUR...WHICH WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF AND FLOOD LOW LYING...POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE ANGELINA
COUNTY AIRPORT WITHIN THE LAST 20 MINUTES. HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE EXITING LUFKIN AFTER 645 PM...BUT WILL BE AFFECTING THE
HUNTINGTON AND ZAVALLA COMMUNITIES DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ISOLATED THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8 PM.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
LAT...LON 3113 9482 3130 9490 3149 9481 3139 9452
3131 9443 3130 9440 3122 9433 3122 9435
3110 9415 3107 9425 3103 9446
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