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WGUS54 KJAN 130347

FFWJAN

ARC017-130645-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

944 PM CST WED DEC 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST



* AT 940 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED         

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EUDORA...MOVING 

NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  

  RADAR INDICATES THAT AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST

  HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF CHICOT COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

  CROSS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. 





VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS STORM 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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



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 3324 9125 3319 9113 3309 9129 3322 9143

          3351 9114 3339 9117 3325 9112 3328 9113

          3325 9106

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