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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

645 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



* AT 642 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 

PIGGOTT AND CORNING. SINCE EARLIER THIS EVENING...OVER 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR HICKORIA. RAINFALL RATES ARE IN EXCESS OF 3 

INCHES PER HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS 

CLAY COUNTY AND SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 945 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  CORNING. GREENWAY. HICKORIA. KNOBEL. MCDOUGAL. PIGGOTT. POLLARD.   

  RECTOR.



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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

ROADWAY.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION.



LAT...LON 3651 9020 3624 9020 3627 9068 3650 9068

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