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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

759 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



* AT 755 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 

ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 AM CDT. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF ROADS AND 

LOW LYING AREAS WAS REPORTED IN KENNETT. MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 10 AM CDT...



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1100 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  STEELE...SENATH...WARDELL...KENNETT...HORNERSVILLE...HAYTI

  HEIGHTS...HAYTI...DENTON...DEERING...COOTER...CARUTHERSVILLE...

  CARDWELL...ARBYRD



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION.



LAT...LON 3639 8955 3602 8971 3601 9005 3599 9037

          3638 9007

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