Columbia County is ripe for flash flooding on Tuesday.

Early Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service in Shreveport issued a flash flood warning for the southern fourth of Columbia County through 10 a.m. Southern Lafayette County was also part of the warned area.

At 7:09 a.m., Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 to in excess of 4 inches of rain have fallen since Monday evening.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area through 10 a.m.

Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

magnoliareporter.com recorded 2.94 inches of rainfall from Monday night to 7 a.m. Tuesday. It was the first rainfall of the month and raises the total since January 1 to 20.23 inches.

On Tuesday morning, some isolated locations across Northeast Texas and Northern Louisiana saw rainfall totals as high as 4 to 6 inches. Look for additional rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches through the day Wednesday with some locations across North Louisiana and South Central Arkansas possibly seeing an additional 6 to 9 inches.

This additional rainfall could result in very serious flooding concerns, especially across low lying and flood prone areas.

A flood watch remains in effect through Wednesday night.

Showers and thunderstorms will continue to impact the entire Four State Region through tonight. Excessive, heavy rainfall could result in additional flooding concerns with low lying and poor drainage areas becoming especially susceptible. Strong to severe thunderstorms will also be possible through tonight, especially across the southern half of Northeast Texas into Northern Louisiana.

A threat of large hail, damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado exists.

The heavy rainfall threat should begin to taper off across much of the region during the day Wednesday but there will continue to be a severe thunderstorm threat, at least during the morning hours on Wednesday across portions of the region.

Showers and thunderstorms should end across the entire Four State Region on Wednesday night.

Additional rises from recent rainfall will continue to impact area waterways with crests likely not reached until the end of the work week, the upcoming weekend or next week.

Minor flooding is forecast along the Dorcheat Bayou. At 10 p.m. Monday, the stage was at 7.3 feet. Flood stage is 11 feet.

The bayou is expected to rise above flood stage early Wednesday morning and continue rising to 15.5 feet Sunday morning. Additional rises are possible thereafter.

Minor flooding is forecast for the Ouachita River at Camden from late Thursday night until further notice.

At 28.0 feet, Sandy Beach Park and portions of the Riverwalk area off Washington Street in Camden are inundated. State Highway 7 off 79B becomes inundated.

At 8:30 p.m. Monday the stage was 12.1 feet. The river is expected to rise above flood stage early Friday morning and continue rising to 28.0 feet early Saturday morning. Additional rises are possible thereafter.

Flood stage is 26.0 feet.