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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

245 AM CST THU MAR 1 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINING HOURS OF DARKNESS

AND INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON THURSDAY FOR THE FOUR STATE AREA...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CADDO AND BOSSIER PARISHES IN

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA HAS EXPIRED...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA...

INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA IN AN 80

MILE WIDE BAND...GENERALLY EAST OF SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY

TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR HEFLIN AND RINGGOLD...SOUTHEAST

TO JONESBORO AND CLARKS. OTHER AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM NEAR

CALHOUN...EAST ALONG INTERSTATE 20 TO MONROE. AMOUNTS WERE FROM NEAR

ONE HALF INCH TO NEAR THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR.



RAINFALL HAD TAPERED OFF ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR STATE REGION

DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...WHICH HAS ALLOWED WATER RUNOFF FROM

PREVIOUS RAINS TO DRAIN. THIS HAS REDUCED SOME OF THE FLASH FLOOD

POTENTIAL UNTIL HEAVY RAINS RETURN. HOWEVER THE WATER RUNOFF WILL

CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE LARGE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS CAUSING RIVERS

...LAKES...CREEKS AND STREAMS AND BAYOUS TO RISE. WITH HEAVY

RAIN EXPECTED LATER DURING THE DAY AND POSSIBLY INTO LATE WEEK...

MORE FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE

DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS

TEXAS TOWARD THE REGION. WITH THE SOILS ALREADY AT OR NEAR

SATURATION...RAPID RUNOFF WILL PRODUCE FLOODING.



RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR FLOOD PRONE...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS...RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND BAYOUS...SHOULD BE ALERT

FOR RISING WATERS WITH THE ONSET OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS. MOTORISTS

SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE

OFTEN DIFFICULT TO SEE.

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