FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 322 PM CST MON DEC 14 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
* THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION
BEFORE EXITING SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EARLY TUESDAY. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF
RAINFALL WILL PERSIST BEHIND THE FRONT OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
* THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS AND MANY LOCAL
CREEKS...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE AT HIGH LEVELS. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.
AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE
WATCH AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
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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