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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1007 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR JONESBORO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1001 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR JONESBORO. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL WATER RESCUES OCCURRING IN
JONESBORO. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE COLLAPSED. PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS STATE
UNIVERSITY HAVE BEEN FLOODED. UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER HAVE FLOODED
HOMES IN EAST JONESBORO. A SHELTER HAS OPENED UP IN EAST JONESBORO.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JONESBORO...PARAGOULD...BONO...BROOKLAND...MARMADUKE...LAKE
  FRIERSON STATE PARK...CROWLEYS RIDGE STATE PARK...OAK GROVE
  HEIGHTS...WEINER...LAFE...CASH...DELAPLAINE...EGYPT...WALDENBURG...
  FONTAINE...EVENING STAR...GREENFIELD...WALCOTT...BEECH GROVE AND
  SEDGWICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3588 9103 3588 9089 3615 9083 3615 9081
      3627 9080 3626 9037 3565 9064 3547 9104

$$
