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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

155 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 151 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY AND THE 

MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

FALLEN ACROSS THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE 

FLOODING.



IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AROUND 

HORNERSVILLE MISSOURI AND IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN ARKANSAS.



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 400 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  STEELE...SENATH...PORTAGEVILLE...WARDELL...KENNETT...

  HORNERSVILLE...HOLCOMB...HAYTI HEIGHTS...HAYTI...DENTON...

  DEERING...CLARKTON...CARDWELL...ARBYRD...MONETTE



.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 3646 8991 3641 8964 3581 8997 3575 9056

          3605 9034 3630 9004 3646 9006

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