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Heavy Thunderstorms affecting the Texarkana area on this Tuesday has caused the National Weather Service to issue Flash Flood Warnings.
Here is the Weather release from the NWS:
Flash Flood Warning
ARC057-073-081-091-TXC037-092000-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1157 AM CDT Tue Aug 9 2022
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas...
North Central Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas...
Southeastern Little River County in southwestern Arkansas...
Northern Miller County in southwestern Arkansas...
Southeastern Bowie County in northeastern Texas...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 1157 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen, especially across the city of
Texarkana. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are
possible in the warned area over the next few hours. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Texarkana, Hope, Wake Village, New Boston, Stamps, Lewisville,
Nash, Hooks, Redwater, Maud, Red Lick, Garland, Fulton, Genoa,
Mandeville, Leary, Mount Pleasant, Patmos and Homan.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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LAT...LON 3354 9439 3353 9397 3361 9381 3366 9349
3328 9349 3325 9384 3332 9396 3332 9438
3333 9457 3354 9441 3355 9441
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
Fore more weather information from N.O.A.A.