Colfax, LA Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
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...Through this 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...
- Showers and thunderstorms, some of which will contain heavy
rainfall, will continue to spread east across East Texas and
North Louisiana this morning, before diminishing from west to
east later today. Rainfall amounts of one to three inches,
with isolated higher amounts, will fall over the Watch area
today. Grounds remain saturated in wake of heavy rainfall
that fell earlier this week, 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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