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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
432 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008

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TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-201745-
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SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
432 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE 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...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...
  GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...
  OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND
  WINN. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...ANGELINA...
  BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...
  MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK...
  SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR
  AND WOOD.

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS
  THE MIDDLE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
  TODAY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WITH PLENTY
  OF GULF MOISTURE IN PLACE...THE RAIN SHOULD INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

* PERSISTENT RAIN FALLING OVER THE SAME AREA COULD RESULT IN
  FLOODING. RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL
  STREAMS...CREEKS...RIVERS...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS...SHOULD
  BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

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