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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

655 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR RED RIVER AND WOOD

COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1045 PM...AND FOR FRANKLIN AND

TITUS COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT AN ADDITIONAL

ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE

LAST FEW HOURS. WHILE THE HEAVIER RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST INTO

GREGG...UPSHUR...AND CASS COUNTIES...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL

CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

AROUND AN INCH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF

LATER TONIGHT.



MANY FARM TO MARKET ROADS ARE UNDERWATER AND IMPASSABLE...WHILE

MANY OTHER MAJOR HIGHWAYS HAVE STANDING WATER ON THEM.  TRAVEL IS

STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO THOSE

LOCATIONS WHERE HIGH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE

TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT AND MOVE HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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