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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

407 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

  COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.



* AT 400 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE    

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PHILLIPS AND COAHOMA COUNTIES. UP   

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT AND              

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DROPPING UP     

TO TWO MORE INCHES OF RAIN BY 600 AM. 



* CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 600 AM CDT INCLUDE...

  SHERARD...KINGS...JONESTOWN...FRIARS POINT...DUBLIN...CLARKSDALE...

  BOBO...WATKINS CORNER...MARVELL...LAKE VIEW...ELAINE



.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.



.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 3447 9043 3402 9048 3415 9102 3463 9102



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