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WGUS54 KJAN 241410

FFWJAN

ARC017-MSC151-241700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

810 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 1100 AM CST



* AT 810 AM CST...ARKANSAS AND MAIN STREETS IN DERMOT WERE REPORTED 

  IMPASSABLE BY THE DERMOT POLICE DEPARTMENT.  DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN 

  ACROSS MUCH OF WASHINGTON AND CHICOT COUNTIES.  THE RAIN IS 

  EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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