FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 328 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP EAST TEXAS...AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING... A SLOW MOVING UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING OUR AREA FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...SOME HEAVY AT TIMES...MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. LAZ017>022-TXZ152-153-165>167-221200- /O.CON.KSHV.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-150322T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-NACOGDOCHES- SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANY...ZWOLLE...PLEASANT HILL... NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...MONTGOMERY...DRY PRONG... CLARKS...GRAYSON...COLUMBIA...JENA...MIDWAY...OLLA... NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...HEMPHILL... PINELAND 328 PM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...CALDWELL...GRANT...LA SALLE... NATCHITOCHES...SABINE AND WINN. IN TEXAS...ANGELINA... NACOGDOCHES...SABINE...SAN AUGUSTINE AND SHELBY. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR THE WATCH AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...LEADING TO A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. * FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY MAKE SOME ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IMPASSABLE. RAPID WATER LEVEL INCREASES IN SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND BAYOUS MAY ALSO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE THAT MAY 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.