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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

445 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS AND MILLER COUNTY

ARKANSAS UNTIL 800 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY ARKANSAS UNTIL 945 PM...



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND

EXTENDING INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS HAVE RESULTED IN FLASH FLOODING IN

THE AREA.  NUMEROUS AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER WITH WATER

OVER ROADS AND INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.



ABOUT A DOZEN HOMES IN WAKE VILLAGE ARE FLOODED WITH RESIDENTS

BEING EVACUATED BY BOAT.  HIGHWAY 67 NEAR KINGS HIGHWAY WEST OF

TEXARKANA MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  SOME AREAS OF LIBERTY

EYLAU MAY NEED EVACUATIONS LATER THIS EVENING.



RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE SHREVEPORT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOW

BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS BOWIE COUNTY AND MILLER

COUNTIES AND INTO LAFAYETTE COUNTY SINCE THIS MORNING.  THE THREAT OF

FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS A NEW AREA

OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE DALLAS...FT. WORTH AREA ARE

HEADING TOWARDS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND WILL MOVING THROUGH THE AREA

LATER TONIGHT.



RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE

ALERT FOR RISING WATERS AS THE WATER COULD RISE RAPIDLY WITH

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS.  MOTORISTS IN THE AREA SHOULD AVOID

FLOODED AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO THEM.

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