FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 344 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS...COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...
HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER
AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...
CLAIBORNE...JACKSON...LINCOLN...OUACHITA...UNION LA AND
WEBSTER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST
TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...
MARION...MORRIS...RED RIVER...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE MORNING TO
ALLOW FOR WET GROUNDS BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN WILL TRAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A
SQUALL LINE...ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR ARE EXPECTED TO TOTAL AROUND 3 TO 4
INCHES FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
HOWEVER...ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF CAUGHT UNDER THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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