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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1045 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT



* AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER THE PAST HOUR DOPPLER

  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS   

  THE WARNED AREA AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS 

  POSSIBLE. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RAVENDEN

  SPRINGS...MAYNARD...DALTON AND ATTICA.



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 3651 9080 3605 9115 3609 9137 3618 9137

      3625 9135 3627 9128 3632 9128 3638 9131

      3651 9127

TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 180DEG 0KT 3631 9115



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