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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

1126 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

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

  CROSSETT...HAMBURG...CROSSETT...

  CHICOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

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



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 1126 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING FROM A HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN CHICOT COUNTY. THE 

BUSINESS DISTRICT IN DERMOTT ARKANSAS HAD BEEN INUNDATED BY 2 TO 3 

FEET OF WATER. RAINFALL IN THESE AREAS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 

AND 5 INCHES. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED 

AREA BEFORE MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHIFTS TO THE SOUTH 

AND EAST LATE TONIGHT.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3354 9089 3301 9155 3301 9207 3314 9214

      3341 9176 3341 9147 3356 9145 3355 9132

      3352 9128 3355 9126

TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 180DEG 0KT 3325 9157



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