FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 902 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TRANSYLVANIA...LAKE PROVIDENCE...
FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WINNSBORO...
MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLULAH...
TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL NOON CST
* AT 855 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INCREASING
ROUNDS OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA. THE SHOWERS WERE RACING
NORTH AT 40 MPH PRODUCING A QUICK ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL
WHILE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2
INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR...THROUGH THE WINNSBORO AREA BY 10 AM AND
THEN MAINLY REACHING A LINE FROM LAKE PROVIDENCE TO TALLULAH TO
COOTER POINT BETWEEN 1030 AND 1130 AM.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SOMERSET...CROWVILLE...BAKERS...AFTON...WAVERLY...TENDAL...
MANSFORD...OMEGA...MONTICELLO...SONDHEIMER...ALSATIA...SHELBURN AND
MILLIKIN
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE NEXT
THREE HOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND FARMLAND ALONG BANKS AND COUNTRY ROADS.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS
MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. NEVER TRY TO CROSS
A FLOWING STREAM...A FEW INCHES OF WATER CAN SWEEP ANY SIZED VEHICLE
DOWNSTREAM.
LAT...LON 3242 9147 3301 9125 3290 9118 3298 9110
3265 9115 3249 9101 3249 9103 3252 9112
3250 9112 3235 9091 3229 9098 3213 9101
3213 9102 3222 9100 3224 9101 3221 9116
3192 9124 3197 9159 3193 9183 3216 9189
$$
ERA
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1017 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
EASTERN FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
WESTERN MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN TENSAS PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CST
* AT 1017 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKERS TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NEWLIGHT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CROWVILLE BY 1025 AM CST...
BAKERS BY 1050 AM CST...
NEWLIGHT BY 1100 AM CST...
WAVERLY AND TENDAL BY 1115 AM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS OF 70 MPH CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS...
AND CAUSE ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES. NUMEROUS
DOWNED TREES MAY OCCUR...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3235 9171 3249 9135 3206 9121 3196 9158
3197 9159 3197 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 217DEG 15KT 3240 9165 3196 9157
$$
COHEN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1032 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
WESTERN EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRANSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN MADISON PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST
* AT 1033 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM DARNELL TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAVERLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WAVERLY AND TENDAL BY 1045 AM CST...
DARNELL BY 1055 AM CST...
OMEGA...MONTICELLO AND SONDHEIMER BY 1105 AM CST...
OAK GROVE BY 1110 AM CST...
ALSATIA BY 1115 AM CST...
TRANSYLVANIA BY 1120 AM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS OF 60 MPH CAN BRING DOWN TREES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN INJURY
AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ROOFS OF MOBILE HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS COULD BE
DAMAGED...AND MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT HOMES AND STRUCTURES
COULD OCCUR.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3286 9155 3293 9124 3247 9112 3241 9148
3242 9148 3245 9147 3250 9148 3257 9143
3259 9144 3259 9147 3264 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 204DEG 29KT 3271 9152 3239 9154
$$
COHEN
TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1042 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
BASTROP...BUDE...CROSSETT...DELHI...
DERMOTT...EPPS...EUDORA...FAYETTE...FERRIDAY...HAMBURG...
HARRISONBURG...JONESVILLE...LAKE PROVIDENCE...LAKE VILLAGE...
MAYERSVILLE...MEADVILLE...NATCHEZ...NEWELLTON...NORTH CROSSETT...
OAK GROVE...PORT GIBSON...RAYVILLE...ROXIE...ST. JOSEPH...
TALLULAH...VICKSBURG...VIDALIA...WATERPROOF...WEST CROSSETT...
WEST FERRIDAY AND WINNSBORO.
$$
FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 433 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT...AND LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS OF
TWO TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...AND THIS WILL FALL ON TOP OF
SOILS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO AN INCH WEDNESDAY. HEAVIER
RAIN AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP.
RAPIDLY RISING WATER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH
AREA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS
POOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1004 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE
REGION. THESE WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AS A SQUALL LINE
PASSES THROUGH THE AREA FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
THE WEST WINDS SHOULD DECREASE THIS EVENING TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN
LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE STRONG WINDS.
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