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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

813 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH

LOUISIANA AND THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS TODAY...



THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

AND EAST TEXAS...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GILMER TO

JEFFERSON. 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 NEAR NACOGDOCHES TEXAS...AND WAS

NEARLY STATIONARY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION

TODAY AND THEN IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.



RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING.

RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED SOME. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...THAT WILL

LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING

FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED

SIX TO TEN INCH AMOUNTS. THIS RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE GROUND

ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY

RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



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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