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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

203 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 200 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF BOWIE COUNTY WITH    

  SOME MODERATE RAIN OVER MILLER COUNTY.  THERE IS A THUNDERSTORM    

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE RED RIVER ARSENAL BETWEEN MAUD AND   

  NEW BOSTON.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TOWARDS TEXARKANA AND     

  WILL REACH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY BY 215 PM AND THE      

  REMAINDER OF THE CITY BY 230 PM.  WITH CREEKS AND STREAMS ALREADY  

  FULL...THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN     

  TEXARKANA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.  MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE      

  LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN BOTH BOWIE AND MILLER COUNTIES WITH THE    

  CONTINUING THREAT OF MORE FLASH FLOODING.

  

  EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING 

  WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS   

  AND UNDERPASSES.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG 

  THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE      

  SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...

  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

UNTIL 800 PM CST.

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