THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... CALDWELL PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBIA... JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JONESBORO... OUACHITA PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST MONROE...SWARTZ...MONROE... CLAIBORNE...BROWNSVILLE-BAWCOMVILLE... UNION PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 918 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...WITH THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL SHOULD PASS THROUGH UNION...OUACHITA...JACKSON...AND CALDWELL PARISHES DURING THE NEXT HOUR...WITH THE RAIN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 1030 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. && LAT...LON 3207 9192 3193 9190 3195 9231 3215 9231 3215 9282 3246 9272 3246 9263 3250 9262 3250 9241 3267 9241 3267 9251 3276 9259 3301 9249 3301 9206 3272 9206 3266 9191 3251 9190 3229 9202 3218 9197 3212 9186 MC
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:20:39 +0000
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