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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

615 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.



* AT 613 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR       

  FORREST CITY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED TWO TO TWO        

  AND ONE-HALF INCHES DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL      

  IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT HOUR.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 745 PM CDT INCLUDE...

  WIDENER...PALESTINE...NEW HOME...MADISON...FORREST CITY...COLT...

  CALDWELL



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



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

ROADWAY.



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

UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3514 9051 3492 9052 3491 9093 3515 9093

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