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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
400 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024

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Caddo-Bossier-Webster-Claiborne-Lincoln-Union-De Soto-Red River-
Bienville-Jackson-Ouachita-Sabine-Natchitoches-Winn-Grant-
Caldwell-La Salle-Smith-Gregg-Harrison-Cherokee-Rusk-Panola-
Nacogdoches-Shelby-Angelina-San Augustine-Sabine-
Including the cities of Ruston, Bernice, Many, Lufkin,
Logansport, Jacksonville, Shreveport, Henderson, Stonewall,
Nacogdoches, Rusk, Zwolle, Winnfield, Longview, Carthage,
Arcadia, Pleasant Hill, Hemphill, Marshall, Ringgold, Bossier
City, Grayson, Midway, Clarks, Homer, Monroe, Pineland, Tyler,
San Augustine, Jonesboro, Natchitoches, Montgomery, Jena,
Columbia, Minden, Gibsland, Coushatta, Olla, Farmerville,
Mansfield, Martin, Colfax, Center, Springhill, Dry Prong, and
Haynesville
400 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Louisiana, including the following parishes,
  Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant,
  Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River,
  Sabine, Union, Webster and Winn and Texas, including the following
  counties, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches,
  Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby and Smith.

* WHEN...From late tonight through Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
  Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - A complex of showers and thunderstorms is expected to develop
    this evening over Central Texas, and quickly shift east
    across East Texas late tonight and into North Louisiana by
    and after daybreak Thursday. Locally heavy rainfall is
    possible with these storms, with widespread rainfall amounts
    of one to three inches expected, with isolated higher amounts
    possible. Grounds remain saturated in wake of heavy rainfall
    that fell Sunday night and Monday, with this additional
    rainfall quickly running off and possibly resulting in flash
    flooding.

  - Http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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