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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

830 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT..

FOR NACOGDOCHES AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS...THE

WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED IF FLOODING CONTINUES...



AT 830 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR

IN SHREVEPORT SHOWED A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA. THE HEAVIER

RAINFALL WITHIN THIS BAND STRETCHED FROM NEAR CUSHING TO

NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE...AND TO JUST NORTH OF PINELAND. THE

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE

UP TO..TWO INCHES PER HOUR AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED TO THE NORTH

AND WEST AT 20 MPH.



SKETCHY REPORTS INDICATED THAT EXTENSIVE FLOODING HAS TAKEN

PLACE IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES TEXAS...AND SOME

RESIDENTS IN LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES WERE IN

THE PROCESS OF BEING EVACUATED.



PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT

TO HIGH WATER AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS.



THE WEAK REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON WAS NEAR HUNTSVILLE TEXAS

AND DRIFTING OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL HELP THE

DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE

NIGHT.



THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING

FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER NACOGDOCHES COUNTY...WITH A SURFACE

OBSERVATION SITE IN NACOGDOCHES RECORDING NEAR 3 INCHES...SO FAR

THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE

ONGOING FLOODING AND ASSIST IN FLASH FLOODING IN OTHER LOCATIONS.



KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS

OBSERVED OR IF ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. MOTORISTS ARE

REMINDED NOT TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAYS

...ESPECIALLY IF THE DEPTHS ARE UNKNOWN AND THE WATER IS MOVING

RAPIDLY.

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