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000 

WGUS74 KSHV 291149

FFSSHV

TXC347-291215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

545 AM CST MON MAR 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN

TEXAS...UNTIL 615 AM CST...



AT 540 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...

CONTINUED TO INDICATE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

MOVING EAST INTO NACOGDOCHES COUNTY FROM SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND

NORTHERN ANGELINA COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES

HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE

COUNTY...WITH A CONFIRMED REPORT NEAR TWO AND A HALF INCHES WHICH

FELL AT THE NACOGDOCHES COUNTY AIRPORT.  RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT

ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG

HIGHWAY 21 NEAR THE DOUGLASS COMMUNITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OF UP TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR

SO...BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



$$



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000 

WGUS74 KSHV 291149

FFSSHV

TXC347-291215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

545 AM CST MON MAR 29 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN

TEXAS...UNTIL 615 AM CST...



AT 540 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SHREVEPORT...

CONTINUED TO INDICATE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS

MOVING EAST INTO NACOGDOCHES COUNTY FROM SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND

NORTHERN ANGELINA COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES

HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE

COUNTY...WITH A CONFIRMED REPORT NEAR TWO AND A HALF INCHES WHICH

FELL AT THE NACOGDOCHES COUNTY AIRPORT.  RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT

ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG

HIGHWAY 21 NEAR THE DOUGLASS COMMUNITY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OF UP TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR

SO...BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS MORNING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT

NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE

THROUGH RISING WATER.



$$



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