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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

557 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ANGELINA COUNTY

UNTIL 830 AM AND FOR SABINE COUNTY IN EAST TEXAS UNTIL 930 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF EAST

TEXAS TODAY...



AT 555 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...INDICATED WIDESPREAD

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...OVER EAST TEXAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TYLER

TO THE NORTH END OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE

FALLING OVER SABINE COUNTY AND JUST SOUTH OF ANGELINA COUNTY. THE

HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING...FROM WHAT

OCCURRED EARLIER.



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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