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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1139 PM CST THU MAR 1 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN AND UNION PARISHES

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 115 AM FRIDAY...

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

PARISHES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL 530 AM FRIDAY...

...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 SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUING ACROSS

MOST OF NORTH LOUISIANA. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM

ACTIVITY WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF

AN INCH PER HOUR...WAS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS

PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. SEE

THE LATEST LOCAL STORM REPORTS FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CLOSURES.



SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL

LOUISIANA BUT SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS

ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GRADUAL SUBSIDING OF

FLOODED AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE

EXPECTED TO EXPIRE AT 115 AM FOR LINCOLN AND UNION PARISHES.



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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