...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH 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. IN
  LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...
  CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...
  NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE...UNION...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...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH...
  TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD.

* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING VERY HEAVY  RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE   REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THESE HIGHER AMOUNTS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN MORE SERIOUS
  FLOODING SHOULD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IMPACT THESE SAME AREAS.

*  FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE ONGOING  AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OR POSSIBLY INCREASE. HEAVIER  SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS FOR A LONG DURATION...AND THIS WOULD SUPPORT THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING THAT COULD THREATEN HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

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.