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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

445 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT



* AT 445 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN...ACROSS COLUMBIA AND UNION COUNTIES     

  IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY       

  RAIN...WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...AND CONTINUE TO    

  DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE SAME GENERAL REGION. DOPPLER RADAR     

  ESTIMATED 4 TO NEAR 6 INCHES HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA...

  WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY.



THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...URBAN HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH COUNTRY 

ROADS...AND LOW FARMLAND. 



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

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

IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 1 FOOT OF WATER TO WASH AN AUTOMOBILE OFF A 

FLOODED ROAD OR BRIDGE. 



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

WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3341 9335 3310 9345 3306 9219 3335 9254

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