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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

916 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CALDWELL...JACKSON...AND

OUACHITA PARISHES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 1130 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRANT...LA SALLE...AND

WINN PARISHES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND FOR NATCHITOCHES AND

SABINE PARISHES IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA UNTIL 1130 PM...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH LOUISIANA

AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF CADDO LAKE TO

LAKE OF THE PINES THROUGH TONIGHT...



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY

CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF NORTH LOUISIANA. MORE SCATTERED

SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING ACROSS

NORTHEAST TEXAS. FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE MAINLY OCCURRED WITH SEVERAL

ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA IN NORTH LOUISIANA.

SEE LOCAL STORM REPORTS FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CLOSURES.



SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN

NATURE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GRADUAL

SUBSIDING OF FLOODED AREAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO

EXPIRE AT 1130 PM.



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

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

FOR AREAS OF HIGH WATER. RISING WATER IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS

EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE AS FLOODED ROADS

OR WASHED OUT BRIDGES MAY OCCUR WITHOUT NOTICE. TRAVEL MAY BE

HAZARDOUS EVEN AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

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