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WGUS54 KJAN 170709

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ARC003-017-LAC035-067-123-MSC011-151-171000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

107 AM CST MON DEC 17 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

  WEST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  EAST CARROLL PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA

  BOLIVAR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 400 AM CST



* AT 105 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

EXPANDING AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS 

EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND INTO 

NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL FALL 

ON SATURATED SOILS...CAUSING RAPID RUN-OFF AND FLASH FLOODING. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.

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