Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Shreveport, LA

OKZ026-TXZ022-023-027-028-032-033-ARZ009-010-011-016-LAZ001-002-
003-004-005-006-032100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
210 PM CDT THU MAY 3 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS
   SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA
   FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

AT 200 PM CDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM PODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST RUSK
AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES OF EAST TEXAS.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 15
MILES WEST OF CENTER TEXAS.  THE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT STRETCHED FROM MENA AND FORDYCE ARKANSAS SOUTHWEST TO SHREVEPORT
9ND TYLER TO LUFKIN.  THE AREA OF RAINFALL WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO
15 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR NEAR LAKES..RIVERS
AND STREAMS THAT ARE AT HIGHS LEVELS OR FORECAST TO REACH HIGH LEVELS..
SHOULD) BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAINS OCCUR OR
A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO TV..RADIO AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.