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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
354 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
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SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-MCCURTAIN-
RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...
MT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...
GILMER
354 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LITTLE RIVER...MILLER...NEVADA
AND SEVIER. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN NORTHEAST
TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...FRANKLIN...MORRIS...RED RIVER...
TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WERE OBSERVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM
MOVES INTO THE FOUR STATE REGION. MOST OF THIS RAINFALL WILL
TAKE PLACE AS AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM
THE WEST. WITH SOILS SATURATED FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL
RAIN COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
* THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ALREADY SWOLLEN
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND CAN WASH OUT ROADS AND BRIDGES.
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.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SHREVEPORT.
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