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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

1233 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HEMPSTEAD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOPE...

  HOWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NASHVILLE...MINERAL SPRINGS...

  DIERKS...

  NEVADA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESCOTT...



* UNTIL 330 PM CDT



* AT 1226 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE REMNANT CENTER OF 

GUSTAV.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED NORTH OF 

NASHVILLE OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES 

HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

TOLLETTE...BLEVINS...HOPE...NASHVILLE...PRESCOTT...DIERKS...AND 

ROSSTON.



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

AREA.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3419 9391 3418 9380 3401 9381 3401 9373

      3395 9351 3397 9348 3397 9337 3392 9330

      3385 9328 3381 9311 3377 9309 3347 9320

      3356 9363 3376 9396 3399 9406 3423 9410

      3430 9393



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