

000 

WGUS54 KJAN 121501

FFWJAN

ARC003-017-121700-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

957 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMOT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...

  CROSSETT

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 955 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA.   

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 

  LAKE VILLAGE AND HAMBURG WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 

  OR 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.

 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            

  MONTROSE...FOUNTAIN HILL...CROSSETT...PORTLAND...LAKE VILLAGE 

  AND EUDORA



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3301 9207 3303 9123 3321 9113 3336 9116

      3337 9130 3337 9195



$$



40

