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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

915 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM FOR ALL OF 

NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MILLER COUNTY IN ARKANSAS...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST 

OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AND 

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL NOON TODAY...



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA BETWEEN SHREVEPORT AND 

MONROE IS MOVING EASTWARD AND WILL BE MOVING EAST OF MONROE BY NOON. 

AS IT DOES SO...THE HEAVIER RAINS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA 

WITH IT.  SOME LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY.  



SEVERAL ROADS IN EAST TEXAS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  AREAS 

THAT ARE PRESENTLY FLOODED WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN AND RUN OFF...SO 

HIGH WATER WILL REMAIN A PROBLEM FOR THESE AREAS INTO THE AFTERNOON 

HOURS.  RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN EAST TEXAS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT 

THE FLOODED AREAS WILL REMAIN FLOODED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  



DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS WITH 

BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ELSEWHERE IN THE WATCH AREA.  THE LATEST 

RADAR IMAGES SHOWS THE HEAVIEST RAIN TO BE GENERALLY EAST OF A 

SHREVEPORT TO PRESCOTT ARKANSAS LINE AND MOVING EASTWARD.  



PERSONS IN THE WARNED AND WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO VERY 

HEAVY RAINFALL AND READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY 

AND LIFE IF FLOODING OCCURS OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. 

REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS RESULT WHEN PERSONS IN 

AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS AT LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS OR BRIDGES.

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