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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1150 AM CST THU FEB 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND

TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A

LINE FROM JONESBORO TO COOTER TO DRESDEN. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES

OF RANDOLPH...LAWRENCE...CLAY...GREENE...CRAIGHEAD...DUNKLIN...

PEMISCOT...LAKE...OBION...AND WEAKLEY.



RADAR ESTIMATES AND OBSERVER REPORTS INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE EARLY TUESDAY. SEVERAL AREAS

OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT THROUGH ARKANSAS

AND WEST TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY

RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY

MORNING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST DURING THE DAY ON

FRIDAY ALLOWING FOR THE RAIN TO TAPER OFF. CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE

CURRENTLY NEAR BANKFULL DUE TO THE EARLIER RAIN. IN ADDITION...

SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS OCCURRING. THE

EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PUSH STREAMS AND CREEKS OUT

OF THEIR BANKS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND ALLOW PONDING OF WATER

IN LOW LYING AREAS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE.



RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLOODING AND BE READY

TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. TRAVELERS SHOULD NOT DRIVE

WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN

VEHICLES THAT ARE WASHED AWAY BY FLOOD WATER.



STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV...CABLE TV...AND THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR

THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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