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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

558 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 555 AM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   

INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...JUST SOUTHWEST 

OF THE TOWN OF HOPE...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.  RADAR INDICATES OVER 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR...AND AN ADDITIONAL 

TWO TO THREE INCHES IS LIKELY.  



REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY.  IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR 

VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY.  MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND.  



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

WARNING FOR...

  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



LAT...LON 3367 9390 3354 9371 3354 9351 3392 9348

          3395 9378



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