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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

131 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXPIRED AT 115 PM FOR BOWIE COUNTY IN

NORTHEAST TEXAS AND MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...



THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EARLIER DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE

TEXARKANA METRO AREA HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST TO ALONG AND EAST OF THE

RED RIVER IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TO NEAR LEWISVILLE AND

FULTON ARKANSAS.



AT 120 PM...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS THAT

EXTENDED FROM DIERKS ACROSS MILLWOOD LAKE THROUGH LEWISVILLE

ARKANSAS.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SLOWING DRIFTING

NORTHEAST AND NORTH.



RATHER SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING CONTINUED TO BE REPORTED IN THE

TEXARKANA AREA.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.  ALSO CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE

ALLOWED TO PLAY NEAR SWOLLEN CREEKS AND ROADWAYS.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED IN TEXARKANA...RUNOFF MAY NOT

YET BE COMPLETED AND AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS

IN DEALING WITH HIGH WATER.



HERE ARE FEW RAINFALL REPORTS...



THE TEXARKANA AIRPORT REPORTED 1.60 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.



THE TEXARKANA RAWS STATION AT THE WATER PLANT REPORTED 3.50 INCHES

SINCE MIDNIGHT.



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