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STORM SUMMARY 6 FOR TROPICAL DEPRESSION "FRANCES"
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD
630 PM CDT SUN SEP 13 1998

AT 5:00 P.M. CDT THE REMAINS OF FRANCES WAS NEAR DENTON...TEXAS.  THE
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DRIFT VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD
WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1002 MB.  FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR ALL OF LOUISIANA EXCEPT THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER...AND FOR
FAR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SOME FLOODING
WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN PARTS OF FAR EASTERN TEXAS...MUCH OF
LOUISIANA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN ARKANSAS
AND MISSOURI.

AT 5:00 P.M. CDT LOCAL RADARS SHOWED A BAND OF INTENSE RAINS ALONG
THE SABINE RIVER.  THIS RAIN WAS FALLING ON AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY
RAIN THE PAST FEW DAYS.  KANSAS AND MISSOURI RADARS SHOWED A LARGE
BATCH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN
MISSOURI.  ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE
FALLEN SINCE THIS MORNING.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM WAVELAND...MISSISSIPPI
ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST TO HIGH ISLAND.  LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN IS ALSO
INCLUDED IN THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS.  ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO THE MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW.

PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT RAIN AND
FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION
FRANCES.

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