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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1110 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS REDEFINED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH

AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON...



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON...FOR THE AREA

ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM FARMERVILLE LOUISIANA...TO

JEFFERSON TEXAS...TO LUFKIN TEXAS. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE CITIES OF

MONROE...SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...AND NATCHITOCHES IN

LOUISIANA...AND MARSHALL...AND LUFKIN...IN TEXAS.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST

ARKANSAS...AND THE TYLER AND LONGVIEW AREAS...OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.



ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST...FROM

SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...

THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL IN

THESE AREAS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE

FLASH FLOODING.



IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING ON ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR IN TO

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT DRIVE PAST BARRICADES IN

FLOODED AREAS. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY NEAR FLOODED DRAINAGE

DITCHES.

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