FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

 

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST

TEXAS... ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM QUITMAN TO GILMER TO

JEFFERSON...HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING.

 

LOOK FOR AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT NORTH NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF EAST TEXAS DURING THE NEXT SERVERAL HOURS...AFFECTING AREAS WEST OF A SAN AUGUSTINE...TO MARSHALL AND JEFFERSON LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED. THE AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH COULD RESULT IN A POTENTIAL FLASH FLOOD THREAT...AS GROUNDS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO OVER TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED TWO TO OVER THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL.

 

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.