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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

535 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 535 AM CDT... OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES   

  THAT UP TO NEAR 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED  

  AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RONDO...

  MORO...MARIANNA...GARRET GROVE AND AUBREY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE 

FROM ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED 

AREA.



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.



LAT...LON 3484 9111 3483 9048 3478 9050 3481 9051

      3480 9054 3470 9053 3469 9057 3459 9058

      3447 9104

TIME...MOT...LOC 1035Z 180DEG 0KT 3463 9081



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