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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

800 PM CST TUE FEB 27 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOWIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1200 AM CST



* AT 755 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS.  HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLOODING...WILL 

CONTINUE WITH THIS ACTIVITY...AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME 

NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES FOUR 

TO SIX INCHES...HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA TODAY.  SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  MILLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

UNTIL 1200 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3358 9468 3338 9473 3312 9222 3324 9222

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