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WGUS44 KSHV 171906
FLWSHV

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
206 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...The National Weather Service in Shreveport LA has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Texas...

  Ayish Bayou Near San Augustine affecting San Augustine and Sabine
  Counties.

For the Ayish Bayou...including San Augustine...Minor flooding is
forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv

The next statement will be issued Saturday afternoon at 215 PM CDT.

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TXC403-405-181915-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FL.W.0137.240517T2310Z-240518T2000Z/
/AYIT2.1.ER.240517T2310Z.240518T0000Z.240518T0130Z.NO/
206 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TOMORROW AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Ayish Bayou near San Augustine.

* WHEN...From this evening to tomorrow afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet, Lowland flooding of the heavily wooded
  floodplain will continue for the next several days.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:15 PM CDT Friday the stage was 11.4 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    this evening to a crest of 12.1 feet this evening. It will
    then fall below flood stage this evening.
  - Flood stage is 12.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    12.2 feet on 01/19/2017.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3156 9415 3155 9409 3139 9414 3130 9412
      3130 9416


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