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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

720 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT



* AT 720 AM CDT... OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES   

  THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM SHOWERS   

  AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.



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

  WIDENER...WHEATLEY...PARKIN...PALESTINE...NEW SALEM...NEW HOME...

  MORO...MARIANNA...MADISON...HUGHES...HAYNES...GARRET GROVE...

  FORREST CITY...FAIR OAKS...COLT...CALDWELL...BRICKEYS AND AUBREY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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 3445 9102 3448 9107 3497 9114 3503 9106

      3527 9104 3527 9051 3515 9049 3508 9041

      3472 9049 3481 9053 3480 9054 3464 9052

      3470 9056 3463 9059 3456 9055 3432 9076

      3427 9104

TIME...MOT...LOC 1220Z 180DEG 0KT 3469 9077



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