Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 418 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FOUR STATE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN- UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA- NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE- FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG- HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA- SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE... PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO... SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON... FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO... MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA... JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT... PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER... JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON... CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE... HEMPHILL 418 PM CST WED JAN 9 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS...LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ARKANSAS... COLUMBIA...HEMPSTEAD...HOWARD...LAFAYETTE...LITTLE RIVER... MILLER...NEVADA...SEVIER AND UNION AR. IN LOUISIANA... BIENVILLE...BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO... GRANT...JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES... OUACHITA...RED RIVER...SABINE LA...UNION LA...WEBSTER AND WINN. IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...ANGELINA... BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...CHEROKEE...FRANKLIN...GREGG... HARRISON... MARION...MORRIS...NACOGDOCHES...PANOLA...RED RIVER...RUSK... SABINE TX...SAN AUGUSTINE...SHELBY...SMITH... TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD. * UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY * AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM NEAR THE TEXAS BIG BEND REGION WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE TUESDAY...RESULTING IN ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS.| 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.