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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

735 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 735 PM 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.



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

  WIDENER...WEST MEMPHIS...TURRELL...SUNSET...SIMSBORO...NEW HOME...

  MARION...MADISON...JERICHO...JENNETTE...GILMORE...FORREST CITY...

  FAIR OAKS...EDMONDSON...EARLE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...COLT AND CALDWELL.



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.



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 3544 9017 3538 9017 3542 9008 3527 9016

      3524 9008 3514 9006 3514 9015 3504 9020

      3505 9029 3492 9024 3485 9032 3485 9041

      3497 9041 3471 9057 3480 9109 3530 9104

      3525 9051 3545 9049

TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 180DEG 0KT 3499 9080



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