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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

925 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 330 AM CST



* AT 925 PM CST...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A 60 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING ACROSS

  MOST OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWESTWARD INTO TEXAS. INDIVIDUAL

  STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH...BUT THE BAND WAS MOVING

  VERY LITTLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.



REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

UNTIL 330 AM CST.



LAT...LON 3347 9368 3311 9371 3344 9337 3353 9313

          3389 9335 3350 9348

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