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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

800 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.



* AT 755 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN    

  PIGGOTT AND HOLCOMB. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED TWO TO     

  THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR. ALSO SPOTTERS       

  REPORTED SOME COUNTY ROADS COVERED BY WATER NEAR HOLCOMB.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 930 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  HOLCOMB...CAMPBELL...ST. FRANCIS...RECTOR...POLLARD...PIGGOTT...

  GREENWAY



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND 

OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



.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.



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

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL

1-800-432-0875.



LAT...LON 3650 8998 3629 8998 3624 9031 3650 9033

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