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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1200 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN PLACE FOR EAST TEXAS AND

NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CONTINUE TO COVER THE

FOUR STATE AREA WITH CLOUDS...RAIN...AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THE ACTUAL

CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ITSELF IS JUST WEST OF LUFKIN

TEXAS AND MOVING VERY LITTLE AT THE PRESENT TIME.  THE OUTLOOK

CALLS FOR THIS SYSTEM TO REMAIN IN THE AREA FOR THE NEXT DAY OR

SO...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FOUR

STATE AREA.



THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE POSSIBLE RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES IN

THE NATCHITOCHES PARISH AREA IN LOUISIANA.  ELSEWHERE AMOUNTS FOR

THE PAST 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY LIGHT.



NO FLASH FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS OR HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA...

HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING IN EAST TEXAS AND

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS THE ATMOSPHERE

REMAINS VERY MOIST AND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES IN

OR NEAR THE AREA.



RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS THROUGH EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

SHOULD BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND BE READY TO AVOID THEM

AND ANY FLOODED AREAS.

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