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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

115 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



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

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

...A 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 ONLY A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH

LOUISIANA. MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...WAS OCCURRING

ACROSS PARTS OF GRANT AND LA SALLE PARISHES IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES AND WATER

OVER OTHERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

SEE THE LATEST LOCAL STORM REPORTS FOR SPECIFIC ROAD CLOSURES.



SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL

LOUISIANA THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF NORTH

LOUISIANA WEST OF A MONROE TO WINNFIELD LOUISIANA LINE. THE FLASH

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPIRE AT 530 AM FOR GRANT AND LA

SALLE PARISHES.



AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY

THIS MORNING WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST...AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO

EAST TEXAS AND POSSIBLY WESTERN LOUISIANA BY SUNRISE. THIS WILL

LIKELY INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLOODING ONCE AGAIN ACROSS EAST TEXAS

AND NORTH LOUISIANA DURING FRIDAY.



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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