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WGUS74 KSHV 080449

FFSSHV

TXZ152-166-080900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1148 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

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



AT 1148 PM CDT...THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...

SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...OVER THE EAST TEXAS LAKES

AREA FROM TOLEDO BEND LAKE NEAR HEMPHILL...TO SAN AUGUSTINE...

NACOGDOCHES...AND ALTO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE

NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL

PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WATER RUNOFF TO ADD TO THE ALREADY FLOODED

AREAS.



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

TO HIGH WATER...AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS.



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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