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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1239 AM CST MON MAR 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 230 AM CST



* AT 1235 AM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

INTENSIFYING OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS 

WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND...AND WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING. THE AREA AT GREATEST RISK EXTENDS FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN 

CALHOUN COUNTY...THROUGH HERMITAGE IN CENTRAL BRADLEY COUNTY...TO 

NORTHWESTERN DREW COUNTY...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY. 

THIS AREA COULD RECEIVE TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 230 AM.



&&



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN

AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A CAR DOWNSTREAM.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3391 9099 3378 9101 3368 9124 3352 9127

          3354 9146 3339 9148 3339 9197 3320 9215

          3331 9245 3351 9274 3377 9259 3369 9233

          3369 9200 3407 9193 3407 9148 3393 9136



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