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WGUS54 KJAN 131729

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ARC003-017-LAC067-MSC011-133-151-132330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1129 AM CST THU DEC 13 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

  SUNFLOWER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 530 PM CST



* AT 1129 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF     

  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. A LARGE AREA OF WIDESPREAD     

  HEAVY RAIN... AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...  

  WAS OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. THIS RAINFALL WILL 

  BE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE WARNING AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON     

  HOURS.



* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED 

  IN THE WARNED AREA SINCE YESTERDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

  1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES...ARE      

  EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS   

  WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS...AND POSSIBLY    

  CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND 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 3281 9213 3268 9197 3265 9172 3302 9146

          3317 9091 3334 9055 3366 9047 3427 9080

          3353 9134 3342 9147 3335 9198

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