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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1017 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2001



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

AND FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THIS

AFTERNOON...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL OVERNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF EAST TEXAS AND

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THE HARDEST HIT AREAS WERE THE LOWER TOLEDO

BEND...AND SAM RAYBURN COUNTRY OF EAST TEXAS...INTO CENTRAL

LOUISIANA...WHERE TWO TO THREE INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT...INTO EARLY

THIS MORNING.



THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SINCE SHIFTED INTO EAST CENTRAL...AND

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA LATE THIS MORNING. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS

HAVE BECOME MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS AND

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...BUT THIS SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED...AS MORE

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO

THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN

WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH MORE HEAVY

RAINFALL EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL

LIKELY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



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. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS

AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION TRAVELING THIS

AFTERNOON BECAUSE MANY ROADWAYS ARE FLOODED AND BRIDGES WASHED

OUT.

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