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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

721 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2001



...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR

CADDO...BOSSIER...AND DESOTO PARISHES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

UNTIL 9 PM...



RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS

INCREASED ACROSS THE SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY METROPLEX. DOPPLER

RADAR HAS INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO NEAR THREE INCHES

WITHIN AN HOURS TIME. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO

AFFECT THE REGION UNTIL ACTIVITY DIMINISHES LATER IN THE EVENING.



ALTHOUGH SOIL CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME GENERALLY DRY DURING THE

SPRING...THESE RAINFALL RATES ARE TOO GREAT FOR URBAN DRAINAGE

AREAS TO OVERCOME...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST AND

SOUTHEAST SHREVEPORT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL

WERE INTENSIFYING FURTHER TO THE SOUTH NEAR THE CITY OF MANSFIELD

AS WELL.



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. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION UNTIL

RAIN SUBSIDES LATER IN THE EVENING.

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