THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALDWELL PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 840 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A DAM BREAK WAS REPORTED
ON THE BOEUF RIVER BORDERING CALDWELL AND RICHLAND PARISH. THIS WATER WAS FLOWING
RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY OF HEBERT. THE HEBERT COMMUNITY NEEDS TO EVACUATE
TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR NORTHEAST CALDWELL PARISH NEAR THE COMMUNITY
OF HEBERT LOUISIANA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
“STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY.”
I love it - in the official warning.
I recall driving on a country road in NJ that I took to work every day. Early morning, heavy rain, I got about 300 feet from the one lane bridge and started to head down. hard to see, and then I noticed ponding water on the road so I slowed down a bit. Things just seemed out of sorts and I stopped just to try to confirm that the water wasn’t all that deep ahead of me. I recall being really out of sorts - things didn’t seem quite right but I couldn’t put a handle on it.
Then I saw the speed limit sign at the bridge - the bottom of the sign was about a foot above the water line! I backed up and just stared in awe as my mind slowing took in the scene.
This would scare me to death.
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