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Flash Flood Watch from the National Weather Service Shreveport


Flash Flood Watch 
Weather Updated: May 07 3:45AM
Issued by the National Weather Service

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7AM CDT WED UNTIL 7AM CDT THU ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS, NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, AND NORTHEAST TEXAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN ARKANSAS, COLUMBIA, HEMPSTEAD, HOWARD, LAFAYETTE, LITTLE RIVER, MILLER, NEVADA, SEVIER, AND UNION. IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA, BOSSIER, CADDO, CLAIBORNE, 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TAP PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA. STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD TOTAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. * EXCESSIVE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION, AREA CREEKS, BAYOUS, LAKES AND RIVERS REMAIN VERY HIGH FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RISES AND CRESTS ON ALL WATERWAYS. 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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