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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

625 AM CST THU FEB 15 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM CST THURSDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...



  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



AT 625 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES HAVE 

LIGHTENED UP CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUN OFF 

PROBLEMS REMAIN WITH STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND LARGE AREAS OF 

STANDING WATER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE CRAIGHEAD 

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE NUMEROUS HOMES ARE CURRENTLY BEING EVACUATED 

ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JONESBORO WITH ABOUT 8 BLOCKS UNDER WATER.  SEVERAL 

STREETS THOUGHOUT THE CITY ARE ALSO UNDER WATER. IN ADDITION...A 

SECTION OF HIGHWAY 49 NEAR VALLEY VIEW IS FLOODED. INTERMITTENT 

LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE DURING THE MORNING HOURS WITH AT LEAST A 

TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED IN THE FLOODING CONDITIONS.



CITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 915 AM CST INCLUDE...

  BAY...BLACK OAK...BONO...BROOKLAND...CARAWAY...CASH...JONESBORO...

  LAKE CITY...MONETTE



.PERSONS OUT TRAVELLING THIS MORNING SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO 

NOT DRIVE YOU AUTOMOBILE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVER THE ROAD.



.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

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