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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1126 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.



* AT 1121 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 

EXTENDING FROM KENNETT THROUGH JONESBORO PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES.



IN ADDITION...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 

LOCALIZED FLOODING IN JONESBORO.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 130 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  CARDWELL...ARBYRD...WALCOTT...PARAGOULD...OAK GROVE HEIGHTS...

  MARMADUKE...LAKE CITY...LAFE...JONESBORO...FONTAINE...EGYPT...

  BROOKLAND...BONO...BEECH GROVE



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

CREEKS AND STREAMS...EXCESSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING

SPOTS.



.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 4 3 2 0

8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3644 9008 3623 9034 3620 9015 3582 9043

          3582 9104 3589 9104 3589 9086 3612 9076

          3627 9032

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