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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

634 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS AND

MILLER COUNTY ARKANSAS UNTIL 800 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY

ARKANSAS UNTIL 945 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OUT OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA

CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...

SOME PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



IN THE PAST HOUR...RAINFALL HAD TAPERED OFF SOMEWHAT ACROSS

LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BUT THE LEADING EDGE OF A

LARGE PRECIPITATION BAND ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS CONTINUED TO MOVE

SLOWLY EASTWARD AND WILL AFFECT THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR

OR SO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE

POSSIBLE WITH THIS SECONDARY LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



NUMEROUS AREAS CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE 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.



RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE SHREVEPORT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOW

BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS BOWIE...MILLER AND

LAFAYETTE COUNTIES WITH ISOLATED FIVE TO SIX INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE

SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE

THROUGH AT LEAST THE LATE EVENING HOURS.



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 SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIONS AT

NIGHT SINCE FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DIFFICULT TO SEE.

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