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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1054 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR

PARTS OF EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...AND A SMALL PART OF

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.



THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TYLER

TEXAS...TO SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA. THE FLASH FLOOD

WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...

JACKSONVILLE...HENDERSON...NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL AND

LUFKIN IN EAST TEXAS...AND SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MANSFIELD...

AND MANY...IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.



LATE THIS MORNING...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON...WERE

CENTERED NEAR COLLEGE STATION TEXAS. THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION

WAS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO

EAST TEXAS...AND PART OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...THIS AFTERNOON AND

EVENING.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...MAY

REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...IN THE SAME AREAS OF EAST TEXAS...AND

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LAST

NIGHT.



HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL REPORTS FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 8 AM

THIS MORNING.



SAN AUGUSTINE TEXAS 4.41 INCHES.



BROADDUS TEXAS 6.14 INCHES.



CHIRENO TEXAS 4.29 INCHES.



FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTO TEXAS...6.31 INCHES.



LAKE SAM RAYBURN 6.38 INCHES.



THE ANGELINA COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR LUFKIN TEXAS REPORTED 4.29 INCHES.



THE NACOGDOCHES TEXAS AIRPORT REPORTED 5.54 INCHES.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NOT TO

DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS...OR TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES

BLOCKING FLOODED ROADWAYS. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR

FLOODED DRAINAGE DITCHES.

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