"Rita" to sit over Tyler -Longview"

[edwardrmurrow]

I wonder if Dru will "bond" with Rita as it pours down rain and causes flooding?

 

[nuzguy]

> I wonder if Dru will "bond" with Rita as it pours down rain
> and causes flooding?

Only if he's given extensive exposure in the newspaper and on television, with the KYKX truck shown prominently in the background, or floating in a ditch.

Seriously, though, some possibly treacherous days lie ahead for the entire north and northeast Texas area. Dru and company can seek whatever they like, the rest of us will be looking for high ground.
>

 

[Phantom]

Flash flooding, short-term forecast ... more ... only on Radio-info.com ... certainly not on any Dallas radio stations

> Seriously, though, some possibly treacherous days lie ahead
> for the entire north and northeast Texas area. Dru and
> company can seek whatever they like, the rest of us will be
> looking for high ground.



Flash Flood Watch
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
416 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-250600-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE QUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN...HOPE...
PRESCOTT...TEXARKANA...LEWISVILLE...MAGNOLIA...EL DORADO...
SHREVEPORT...BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...
FARMERVILLE...MANSFIELD...COUSHATTA...BIENVILLE...JONESBORO...
MONROE...MANY...NATCHITOCHES...WINNFIELD...COLFAX...COLUMBIA...
JENA...IDABEL...CLARKSVILLE...MT VERNON...MT PLEASANT...
PITTSBURG...DAINGERFIELD...ATLANTA...QUITMAN...GILMER...
JEFFERSON...TYLER...LONGVIEW...MARSHALL...RUSK...HENDERSON...
CARTHAGE...NACOGDOCHES...CENTER...LUFKIN...SAN AUGUSTINE...
HEMPHILL
416 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHWEST
ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...EAST
TEXAS...SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* WEAKENING TROPICAL STORM RITA WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT TO
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAIN
WILL OCCUR TONIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. EVEN THOUGH RAIN WILL
DIMINISH SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...THERE REMAINS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAIN BANDS TO DEVELOP OVER THESE ALREADY HARD HIT
AREAS.

* THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FROM HURRICANE RITA WILL GENERALLY BE 5 TO 10 INCHES OVER EAST
TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA. ISOLATED AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 15
INCHES...BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS SUNDAY OR MONDAY.

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.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------


Short Term Forecast
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
515 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-250100-
ANGELINA-CHEROKEE-GREGG-HARRISON-MARION-NACOGDOCHES-PANOLA-RUSK-
SABINE TX-SAN AUGUSTINE-SHELBY-SMITH-UPSHUR-WOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARTHAGE...CENTER...GILMER...HEMPHILL...
HENDERSON...JEFFERSON...LONGVIEW...LUFKIN...MARSHALL...NACOGDOCHES...
QUITMAN...RUSK...SAN AUGUSTINE...TYLER
515 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

.NOW...
...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT...

THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL STORM RITA IS NEAR
SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA...MOVING NORTH AT 12
MPH. EXPECT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
RITA...TO MOVE OVER SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY LOUISIANA...THROUGH
8 PM...BUT DISSIPATE AFTER 8 PM. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...MAINLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM TYLER TO CARTHAGE TEXAS.


Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251100-
ANGELINA-BIENVILLE-BOSSIER-BOWIE-CADDO-CALDWELL-CAMP-CASS-CHEROKEE-
CLAIBORNE-COLUMBIA-DE SOTO-FRANKLIN-GRANT-GREGG-HARRISON-HEMPSTEAD-
HOWARD-JACKSON-LA SALLE-LAFAYETTE-LINCOLN-LITTLE RIVER-MARION-
MCCURTAIN-MILLER-MORRIS-NACOGDOCHES-NATCHITOCHES-NEVADA-OUACHITA-
PANOLA-RED RIVER LA-RED RIVER TX-RUSK-SABINE LA-SABINE TX-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SEVIER-SHELBY-SMITH-TITUS-UNION AR-UNION LA-UPSHUR-
WEBSTER-WINN-WOOD-
1200 PM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

INLAND TROPICAL STORM RITA WILL SPREAD POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH ACROSS THE REGION AS SHE
MOVES NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST TEXAS STATE LINE. ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY
ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF RITA. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY.
ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER NORTH
LOUISIANA...SOUTH ARKANSAS...AND EAST TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM
SPOTTERS...WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.