NWS Issues Flash Flood Warning For Much of East Texas
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
CENTRAL NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHERN SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.
* AT 411 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
LUFKIN, NACOGDOCHES, HUDSON, SAN AUGUSTINE, WELLS, WODEN, MELROSE,
MARTINSVILLE, ETOILE, POLLOK, NEUVILLE, BLAND LAKE, FOREST,
CHIRENO, REDLAND, DENNING, CLAWSON, JERICHO, CENTRAL AND CALGARY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.