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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

747 PM CST MON FEB 26 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NACOGDOCHES

COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM CST THIS EVENING...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR

A LARGE PORTION OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...



DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES

THAT FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY...WITH UP TO FIVE INCHES IN THE EXTREME

SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.



HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 21 NEAR DOUGLASS.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH

ISOLATED SIX INCH AMOUNTS FELL EARLIER TODAY ACROSS EAST TEXAS

AND NORTH LOUISIANA...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM

NACOGDOCHES TEXAS TO NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA.



A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS

NORTH LOUISIANA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING...GENERALLY

TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO THE SHREVEPORT AREA.



PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA 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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