FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 908 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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.
* 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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