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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

745 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT



* AT 745 PM CDT...THE SHREVEPORT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EL DORADO.  DOPPLER RADAR

  ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  BETWEEN 700 PM AND 745 PM.  ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAIN

  IS POSSIBLE...SINCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY

  TO THE NORTH.



THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...

URBAN HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES...ALONG WITH COUNTRY ROADS...AND LOW

FARMLAND.



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...

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.



LAT...LON 3313 9277 3315 9256 3333 9256 3334 9284



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