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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1201 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF

NORTH LOUISIANA...PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND

EAST TEXAS...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS...OIL

CITY LOUISIANA...JEFFERSON AND TYLER TEXAS LINE...



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FELL THURSDAY NIGHT 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 FOUR INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT THURSDAY...INTO

EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.



THE REGION WAS SPARED FROM HEAVY RAINS FOR MOST OF FRIDAY. HOWEVER...

AS THE MAIN UPPER LOW FINALLY APPROACHES...ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINS AND

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT

INTO SATURDAY MORNING.



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

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

ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD

USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT...

SINCE MANY ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS

OCCUR AT NIGHT AS HIGH WATER IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE.

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