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WGUS54 KJAN 121147

FFWJAN

ARC003-017-121445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

644 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAMBURG

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAKE VILLAGE



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 642 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF ASHLEY AND CHICOT 

COUNTIES WITH A FEW LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING NEAR 4 INCHES. MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND MOVING 

EAST RIGHT TO THE AREAS THAT HAVE AND ARE RECEIVING THE HEAVY RAIN. 

EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. THE MAIN AXIS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE 

FROM NEAR HAMBURG TO MONTROSE TO PORTLAND TO LAKE VILLAGE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3308 9191 3317 9110 3337 9116 3345 9124

      3338 9182



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