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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

335 AM CST THU FEB 15 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CST THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



AT 334 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 

ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE RANGED FROM THREE 

TO FOUR INCHES SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. REPORTS FROM LOCAL SHERIFF 

OFFICES INDICATE THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL 

WITH NUMEROUS ROADWAYS UNDER WATER. IN ADDITION...THERE HAS BEEN 

SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE FLOODING THREAT 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



.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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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