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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1019 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP EAST TEXAS AND MUCH OF
NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...

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LINCOLN-UNION LA-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSTON...FARMERVILLE...COUSHATTA...
BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...
WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...JENA...HEMPHILL
1019 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...CALDWELL...GRANT...
  JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
  RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA AND WINN. IN EAST TEXAS...SABINE
  TX.

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
  ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND
  SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES THAT WILL APPROACH THE
  REGION FROM THE WEST. AS THE FRONT ENTERS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND
  NORTH LOUISIANA SATURDAY MORNING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL BE NUMEROUS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ACROSS A VERY
  MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS. IN ADDITION...MUCH OF THE WATCH
  AREA HAS RECORDED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO IN EXCESS OF
  THREE INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING FIVE INCHES SINCE EARLY
  THIS MORNING. THE FRONT MAY SLOW ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION
  SATURDAY OVER NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA...WITH SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO IN EXCESS OF THREE
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH
  COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

* LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE RISING WATER
  THAT COULD POSE A THREAT TO MOTORISTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
  HEAVY RAIN OVER HILLY TERRAIN CAN PRODUCE RAPID WATER RUNOFF
  THAT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND BRIDGES.

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.

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