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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

850 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 845 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR       

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PRESCOTT AND HOPE ARKANSAS...AS WELL

  AS THE REST OF HEMPSTEAD AND NEVADA COUNTIES.  DOPPLER RADAR       

  ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS   

  OF HEMPSTEAD AND NEVADA COUNTIES.  THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS 

  WILL ALLOW ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL TO              

  FALL...BEFORE THE STORMS DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT.  MOTORISTS       

  SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING EARLY TONIGHT...AND AVOID ANY   

  HIGHWAYS OR SECONDARY ROADWAYS THAT ARE COVERED IN STANDING WATER. 



CHILDREN SHOULD NOT PLAY IN OR NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES...OR STORM

DRAINS.



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD

WARNING FOR...

  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3395 9375 3361 9376 3351 9319 3375 9313



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