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ARC091-TXC037-230900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

240 AM CDT WED JUN 23 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS

AND MILLER COUNTY ARKANSAS UNTIL 400 AM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE

SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS BOWIE AND MILLER COUNTIES FROM NEAR

DEKALB AND NEW BOSTON...ONTO NEAR NASH AND TEXARKANA TO NEAR

FULTON ARKANSAS.



THIS PRECIPITATION WAS ORIENTED ALONG A STATIONARY...WEST TO

EAST FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THEREFORE...VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT IS

EXPECTED OUT OF THE ACTIVITY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT

NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE CITY OF TEXARKANA

AND AN ISOLATED ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH

400 AM. AS A RESULT...SEVERAL CITY STREETS IN TEXARKANA TEXAS

HAVE BEEN BARRACADED DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS THEM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.



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