...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN LOUISIANA...BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...

SOUTHEAST TEXAS...HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...TYLER...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...

* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING

* THE COMBINATION OF A FAVORABLE JET STREAM DYNAMICS...AN

ADVANCING COLD FRONT...AND COMBINED GULF-PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL

LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST

ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FROM MIDAFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

* THE RAIN WILL NOT END WITH PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT...AS STRONG LIFT

ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET STREAM DYNAMICS WILL MAINTAIN A

STRATIFORM RAIN SHIELD IN THE COOL POST-FRONTAL AIR. WITH A

STEADY CONTINUOUS RAIN POSSIBLE...THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE

REPLACED BY A FLOOD WATCH ON FRIDAY.

* TOTAL MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MAY

REACH 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND 3 TO 5 INCHES

OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA. LOCALLY HIGHER

AMOUNTS OF UP TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. BECAUSE SOILS REMAIN

NEARLY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS...A RAPID SURFACE RUNOFF

IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD

TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS

TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION

SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.