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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

230 AM CST TUE DEC 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 400 AM CST



* AT 225 AM...RADAR SHOWED RAIN CONTINUING OVER DESHA COUNTY. AT 210 

AM...THE DUMAS POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED STREETS WERE STILL FLOODED 

IN TOWN. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO STOP BETWEEN 330 AND 4 AM. UNTIL 

THEN...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.



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 TO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A CAR DOWNSTREAM.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

LITTLE ROCK.



LAT...LON 3406 9090 3399 9110 3380 9100 3378 9115

          3369 9123 3362 9115 3360 9123 3353 9125

          3357 9142 3380 9142 3397 9152 3394 9113

          3407 9116 3413 9109



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