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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Jackson MS

1100 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024



The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Southern Ashley County in southeastern Arkansas...

  Southwestern Chicot County in southeastern Arkansas...

  North Central East Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana...

  Morehouse Parish in northeastern Louisiana...

  Northern West Carroll Parish in northeastern Louisiana...



* Until 200 PM CDT.



* At 1100 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 

  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 

  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 

  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in 

  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 

  shortly.



  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.



  SOURCE...Radar.



  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban

           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as

           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.



* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...

  Bastrop, Crossett, Oak Grove, Wilmot, Kilbourne, Bonita, Parkdale, 

  Jones, Galion, Berlin, Beekman, Millikin and Gassoway.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



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LAT...LON 3314 9139 3304 9116 3294 9121 3282 9125

      3281 9163 3275 9205 3279 9205 3283 9207

      3284 9206 3286 9207 3291 9208 3292 9207

      3297 9209 3300 9207 3303 9208 3303 9210

      3312 9212



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR



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