Louisiana - All Warnings
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SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
222 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS LA HAS ISSUED A...
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
- IN THE COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NM
- FROM PASCAGOULA TO GULFPORT
- FROM GULFPORT TO LAKE BORGNE
- FROM CHANDELEUR SOUND TO BRETON SOUND
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 220 AM CDT INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CHANDELEUR SOUND TO THE
COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF BAY ST LOUIS EAST TO NEAR GULFPORT
MISSISSIPPI. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH 10 TO 15
KNOTS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS EXCEEDING GALE FORCE...ROUGH
SEAS...HEAVY RAINFALL....DANGEROUS LIGHNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
WATERSPOUTS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH EFFECTIVE THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN LOUISIANA
...CLAIBORNE PARISH... LINCOLN PARISH... UNION PARISH
...BIENVILLE PARISH... JACKSON PARISH... OUACHITA PARISH
...CALDWELL PARISH
DOPPLER RADARS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IN AN 80 MILE BAND FROM CLAIBORNE AND
BIENVILLE PARISHES EASTWARD TO QUACHITA PARISH. SATELLITE AND
RADAR OBSERATIONS CONTINUED TO SHOW REPEAT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE SAME AREA WHICH EXPERIENCED
HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH A RAIN-COOLED
BOUNDARY OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA.
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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
116 PM CDT WED AUG 12 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN PARISH IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA
* UNTIL 510 PM CDT
* AT 110 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATED A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL THAT EXTENDED FROM FARMERVILLE THROUGH RUSTON AND
ARCADIA LOUISIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 20
MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE EAST OVER THE SAME
AREAS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA FROM THE FARMERVILLE THROUGH RUSTON
VICINITIES. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO SEVEN
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PARTS OF LINCOLN PARISH NEAR RUSTON
LOUISIANA. UP TO THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE WHICH WILL ONLY INCREASE FLOODING PROBLEMS.
* EXPECT FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON AREA ROADWAYS. ALSO
WASHOUTS OF SECONDARY ROADS AND GRAVEL ROADS ARE ALSO QUITE
POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
THIS AREA HAS HAD PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINS FROM SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT
DRIVE THEIR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY AROUND STORM DRAINS OR CULVERTS.
VIII.