FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1031 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
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...DE SOTO...JACKSON...
LINCOLN...OUACHITA...UNION LA AND WEBSTER. IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...
FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED
RIVER...RUSK...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD.
* UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY
* A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...PROVIDING TRAINING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM WILL TRIGGER A SQUALL LINE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES WITHIN THE WATCH AREA CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER... ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WILL ALSO 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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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 220 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. WESTERLY TO WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO
ABOVE 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE DAY.
WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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