Flash Flood Warning 106, NWS Shreveport, LA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
145 AM CST FRI NOV 9 1990

...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS..NORTHEAST TEXAS..EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTH AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...

THE RAIN SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS WITH THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA
THROUGH THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY IN 1/2 TO
ONE 1/2 INCH RANGE ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WITH
ONE TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS NOTED IN NORTHEAST TEXAS. AS OF 1 AM THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF LONGVIEW REPORTED 4.10 INCHES WITH 3.05 FALLING
BETWEEN 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ALSO KILGORE REPORTED 3.00 INCHES AND
GLADEWATER REPORTED 3.50 INCHES.
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ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR OVER MAINLY EAST CENTRAL TEXAS INTO
CENTRAL LOUISIANA WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP.

PRIOR TO THIS RAIN...AREA STREAMS WERE VERY LOW AND UPPER SOIL
CONDITIONS WERE DRY. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE RAINFALL AND PRIOR
CONDITIONS THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS MINIMAL...HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR OVER MAINLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA OVER THE
NEXT 12 HOURS..AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS...STREET AND UNDERPASS
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION NOT ONLY DUE
TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL BUT LOW VISIBILITIES IN RAIN AND FOG. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR EAST TEXAS THROUGH THE NIGHT.

THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR IDABEL OKLAHOMA TO
NEAR PALESTINE TEXAS. THE PRECIPITAGTION EXTENDED ON EAST INTO WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.