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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1135 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 145 AM FOR NATCHITOCHES

PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 215 AM FOR SABINE PARISH IN

NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT THROUGH 245 AM FOR ANGELINA AND

NACOGDOCHES COUNTIES IN EAST TEXAS...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 300 AM FOR SHELBY COUNTY

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 300 AM FOR DE SOTO PARISH

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 330 AM FOR WINN PARISH IN

NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...



...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...EASTERN TEXAS...AND

ALL OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGHOUT TONIGHT...



AT 1130 AM...THE SHREVEPORT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS AS

WELL AS ALL OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AND ALL OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST NEAR 40

MILES PER HOUR.



THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM

CLARKSVILLE AND HUGHES SPRING TEXAS THROUGH JEFFERSON...WASCOM...

CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...AND LUFKIN TEXAS.



VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO UPWARDS OF FIVE INCHES HAS FALLEN

ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGHOUT THIS MONDAY.  CONSEQUENTLY...

AREA SOILS ARE SATURATED AND FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL DEVELOP ON SMALL

STREAMS AND BAYOUS.



HERE ARE SOME RAINFALL REPORTS THROUGH 900 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING...



10 MILES SOUTH OF SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA RECEIVED 3.87 INCHES.



LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS RECEIVED 2.54 INCHES.



HALLSVILLE TEXAS RECEIVED 1.47 INCHES.



5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALTO TEXAS RECEIVED 1.87 INCHES.



NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA RECEIVED 2.71 INCHES.



TYLER TEXAS RECEIVED 1.32 INCHES.



HENDERSON TEXAS RECEIVED 2.10 INCHES.



BLANCHARD LOUISIANA RECEIVED 0.85 INCHES.



CENTER TEXAS RECEIVED FOUR INCHES.



SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA RECEIVED 1.93 INCHES.



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN NOTED ACROSS EAST TEXAS...

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA DURING THIS MONDAY

EVENING.  WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED...ADDITIONAL

FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.  EXPECT TO

RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO UPWARDS OF THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL

THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.



RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE WEE HOURS OF

THIS TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT

TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.



DURING NIGHT TIME...DRIVERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS.  DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  ALSO DO NOT DRIVE AROUND

BARRICADES ERECTED TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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