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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1259 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1259 PM CDT... OVER THE PAST HOUR DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3

  TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND      

  AREAS TO THE SOUTHWEST.



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

  PARAGOULD...OAK GROVE HEIGHTS...MARMADUKE...LAFE AND BEECH GROVE.



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.



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.



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 3620 9031 3619 9020 3612 9026 3610 9032

      3603 9035 3599 9039 3600 9083 3622 9064

      3627 9048

TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 180DEG 0KT 3602 9073



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