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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1150 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

FOR SABINE COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS...



AT 1150 PM CDT...THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...SHOWED

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...OVER EAST TEXAS FROM NEAR TOLEDO BEND

LAKE AROUND HEMPHILL AND PINELAND...NORTHWEST TO SAN AUGUSTINE AND

NACOGDOCHES. 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...AROUND PINELAND

AND SOUTHWEST OF HEMPHILL.



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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