FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 554 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CENTER...
PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...
BIENVILLE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
DE SOTO PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD...
NORTHWESTERN NATCHITOCHES PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
RED RIVER PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 552 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLAR RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE TWO TO FIVE PLUS
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS AND
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA SINCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. SOME AREAS
REMAIN FLOODED IN WAKE OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND THIS ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TENAHA...
JOAQUIN...DEBERRY...BECKVILLE...RINGGOLD...LOGANSPORT...GIBSLAND...
COUSHATTA AND ARCADIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 945 AM.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3111 9417 3121 9428 3157 9430 3237 9449
3233 9434 3237 9408 3219 9403 3217 9365
3224 9357 3224 9341 3241 9337 3246 9315
3258 9317 3259 9287 3216 9292 3165 9332
3137 9325 3136 9338 3128 9344 3117 9369
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 642 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 530 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.8 FEET BY SATURDAY EARLY AFTERNOON.
$$
TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
TORNADO WATCH 807 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
TXC005-199-241-245-347-351-361-403-405-419-457-241900-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0807.091224T1050Z-091224T1900Z/
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANGELINA HARDIN JASPER
JEFFERSON NACOGDOCHES NEWTON
ORANGE SABINE SAN AUGUSTINE
SHELBY TYLER
$$
LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 447 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.
BEHIND THIS FRONT THE AREA WILL SEE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
WHICH WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WESTERLY
TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE 20
MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
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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