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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

910 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



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

NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA THROUGH TONIGHT...



THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...AND

MUCH OF EAST TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA INCLUDES THE

CITIES OF TYLER...LONGVIEW...SHREVEPORT...MONROE...NACOGDOCHES...

LUFKIN...NATCHITOCHES...AND JENA.



THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CONTINUED TO COVER THE

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

CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN NACOGDOCHES AND

TYLER TEXAS...AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA

WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION INTO LATE WEEK...KEEPING THE CHANCE OF

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY

RAINFALL.



THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT ALONG WITH SURFACE REPORTS...INDICATED

RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO NEAR 5 INCHES OVER PARTS OF EAST TEXAS

AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING

...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO OVER 4 INCHES WILL RESULT

IN FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF EAST

TEXAS. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL AT 910 PM WAS FROM JUST WEST OF

NATCHITOCHES TO COUSHATTA...SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA...

AND THEN WEST TO WASKOM...MARSHALL...LONGVIEW TEXAS.



NO FLASH FLOODING WAS IN PROGRESS AT 900 PM CDT...BUT WITH

HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD

OVER THE SAME GENERAL REGION...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING

HAS INCREASED GREATLY SINCE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.  RESIDENTS AND

TRAVELERS THROUGH EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SHOULD BE

ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...AND BE READY TO AVOID HIGH WATER OVER ROADS...

BRIDGES...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FLASH

FLOODING. CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE

READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING

IS ISSUED. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES WHERE

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS.

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