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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

113 AM CST MON DEC 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

  TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE



* UNTIL 700 AM CST.



* AT 110 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF 

NORTHEAST ARKANSAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI 

AND WEST TENNESSEE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED AN INCH AN HOUR 

OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS BETWEEN BLYTHVILLE AND STUTGART. AMOUNTS OF 

3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS DURING SATURDAY 

EVENING. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED AND RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS 

HIGH...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 715 AM CST INCLUDE...

  WHITEHAVEN...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...RIPLEY...

  MUNFORD...MILLINGTON...LAKELAND...HALLS...GERMANTOWN...FULTON...FT

  PILLOW...FRAYSER...ELLENDALE...EDITH...EADS



.A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

ROADWAYS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

ACT QUICKLY.



.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.

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