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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

140 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NACOGDOCHES AND SABINE

COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS UNTIL 400 AM CDT...



AT 135 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...SHOWED SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS...OVER EAST TEXAS FROM TOLEDO BEND LAKE NEAR HUXLEY

TO SAN AUGUSTINE...NACOGDOCHES...AND ALTO. THE SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WERE

MOVING NORTH FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO ANGELINA COUNTY AND MAY MOVE

INTO NACOGDOCHES AND SABINE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

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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