FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

337 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

 

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...

 

.A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POISED TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST

TEXAS LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS

WILL BRING THE THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ON STILL WET

SOIL...BAYOUS...RIVERS AND LAKES.

 

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/O.NEW.KSHV.FF.A.0007.150513T2100Z-150514T0600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-

UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-

NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDABEL...BROKEN BOW...CLARKSVILLE...

BOGATA...TEXARKANA...MOUNT VERNON...MOUNT PLEASANT...PITTSBURG...

DAINGERFIELD...LONE STAR...NAPLES...OMAHA...ATLANTA...LINDEN...

HUGHES SPRINGS...QUEEN CITY...MINEOLA...WINNSBORO...QUITMAN...

HAWKINS...GILMER...BIG SANDY...JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...

MARSHALL...JACKSONVILLE...RUSK...HENDERSON...CARTHAGE...

NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE

337 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

 

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

 

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND

  TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST

  OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...ANGELINA...BOWIE...CAMP...

  CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...

  MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK...SAN

  AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD.

 

* UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY

 

* A WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL LIKELY HAVE TRAINING

  ECHOES THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS.

 

* THE SOIL IS STILL PRIMED FOR QUICK RUNOFF INTO ALREADY HIGH BANK

  BAYOUS...RIVERS AND LAKES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE

  INCHES WILL OCCUR IN MANY LOCALES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS

  NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

 

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.