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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1145 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 JUST NORTHWEST OF NACOGDOCHES

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...INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING

FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER MUCH OF RED RIVER PARISH...AND ALSO OVER

THE KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES

PARISH.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO

DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...AND WILL

SPREAD OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.  PRIOR RAINFALL HAS ALREADY

SATURATED THE GROUND ALONG A LINE FROM SHREVEPORT...TO MARSHALL...

AND LONGVIEW...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE

FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OF 2 TO OVER 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. 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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