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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

538 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MOREHOUSE PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

  ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMOT...HAMBURG...



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT



* AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED   

  A BAND OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OAK RIDGE NORTH  

  TO NEAR WILMOT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES HAVE       

  FALLEN...AND THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING 

  AREA.



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

  JONES...BERLIN...PORTLAND...PARKDALE AND MONTROSE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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 3327 9185 3331 9145 3297 9151 3265 9167

      3254 9186 3263 9189

TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 180DEG 0KT 3283 9173



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