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ARC003-017-LAC067-MSC011-151-122100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1257 PM CST WED DEC 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 300 PM CST



* AT 1255 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND

  EXTENDED SOUTHWEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. HEAVY RAINFALL    

  WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM.



RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY 

OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY 

AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS AFTERNOON OF 1 TO 2 

INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS...ROADS AND OTHER LOW 

LYING AREAS.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3292 9182 3280 9170 3304 9148 3333 9079

          3358 9083 3398 9066 3410 9089 3326 9167

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