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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

706 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEVADA COUNTY

IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 800 AM...



AT 7 AM...THE SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR

INDICATED THAT MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED EAST INTO

OUACHITA...CALHOUN...AND UNION COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.  LAW

ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 299 BETWEEN EMMET AND LANEBURG

HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...WITH MOTORISTS BEING STRANDED IN

HIGH WATER.  WHILE MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS

TAPERED OFF THIS MORNING...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS

STILL ONGOING...WHICH WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL

FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF NEVADA COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION

WHILE TRAVELING THIS MORNING...AND TO AVOID ANY HIGHWAYS OR SECONDARY

ROADWAYS THAT ARE COVERED IN STANDING WATER.



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