More heavy rain has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Watch for the Texarkana area today.The unusually rainy weather should come to and end by Saturday evening, with at least a few days to dry out before the next chance of rain enters the area next Wednesday.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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. IN LOUISIANA...BIENVILLE...
   BOSSIER...CADDO...CALDWELL...CLAIBORNE...DE SOTO...GRANT...
  JACKSON...LA SALLE...LINCOLN...NATCHITOCHES...OUACHITA...RED
  RIVER...SABINE...UNION...WEBSTER AND WINN. IN SOUTHEAST
  OKLAHOMA...MCCURTAIN. IN TEXAS...BOWIE...CAMP...CASS...
  FRANKLIN...GREGG...HARRISON...MARION...MORRIS...PANOLA...RED
  RIVER...RUSK...SHELBY...SMITH...TITUS...UPSHUR AND WOOD.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* AS LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE AREA LATER
  TODAY...A SURGE OF WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER RAINFALL...WILL ONCE
  AGAIN MOVE BACK ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE COAST. RAINFALL
  TOTALS OF TWO TO OVER FOUR INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
  MOST OF THE AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
  THREE INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
  SATURATED SOILS...SWOLLEN CREEKS...AND FILLED DRAINAGE DITCHES
  WILL QUICKLY OVERFLOW ONCE PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN RETURNS TO THESE
  AREAS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN MORE SERIOUS FLOODING SHOULD
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IMPACT THESE SAME AREAS.

* RENEWED FLASH FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS
  CAN BE EXPECTED...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
  RAIN...HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE SAME
  LOCATIONS FOR A LONG DURATION. THIS SCENARIO WOULD SUPPORT THE
  THREAT FOR LOCALIZED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING THAT COULD
  THREATEN HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

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.

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