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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

738 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER EAST TEXAS FOR ANGELINA

COUNTY UNTIL 830 AM...SABINE COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM...NACOGDOCHES COUNTY

UNTIL 1015...AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY UNTIL 1045 AM CDT...



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A

LINE FROM TYLER TEXAS TO SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA

TODAY...



AT 735 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...INDICATED WIDESPREAD

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

TEXAS TO MANSFIELD LOUISIANA. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING

JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR AND SOUTHERN ANGELINA COUNTY.

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

OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING AND OVERNIGHT LAST NIGHT.



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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