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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1159 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS...



AT 1158 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...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

SATURATED SOILS IN AND AROUND ALTO AND RUSK TEXAS.



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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