Flash Flood Watch for Texarkana Area Today
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.