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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1042 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FOR COLUMBIA...

LAFAYETTE...MILLER...AND NEVADA COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON FOR BOWIE AND CASS

COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



AT 1035 AM...THE SHREVEPORT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA.  A 30 MILE WIDE LINE OF

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL EXTENDED FROM LEWISVILLE

ARKANSAS THROUGH MINDEN...KORAN...MANSFIELD...AND MANY LOUISIANA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING UP TO TWO

INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AN HOURS TIME.



NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE REPORTED FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

AND EXTREME NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AS WELL AS ADJACENT PORTIONS OF

EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS DURING THIS THURSDAY MORNING.



SIGNIFICANT URBAN STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN

THE TEXARKANA AREA WITH COWHORN CREEK WELL OVER BANKFULL.



MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO NOT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.  DO NOT DRIVE

AROUND ROADWAY BARRICADES THAT HAVE BEEN ERECTED TO KEEP TRAFFIC

FROM HIGH WATER AREAS.  DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR URBAN

DRAINAGE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.



HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL REPORTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS FOR THE TWENTY FOUR HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 8

AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING.



ASHDOWN ARKANSAS REPORTED 2.30 INCHES.



GENOA ARKANSAS REPORTED 4.70 INCHES.



THREE STATES TEXAS REPORTED 9.70 INCHES.



MAUD TEXAS REPORTED 6.90 INCHES.



LAKE WRIGHT PATMAN REPORTED 4.38 INCHES.



PRESCOTT ARKANSAS REPORTED 5.75 INCHES.



MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS REPORTED 6.54 INCHES.



TEXARKANA TEXAS REPORTED A STORM TOTAL OF 5.06 INCHES.



LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS REPORTED 7.00 INCHES.

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