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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

625 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

TODAY...

...HEAVY RAIN SPREADING FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL

ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...



A STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN LOUISIANA FROM EASTERN

TEXAS THIS MORNING. NORTH OF THE SYSTEM...MOISTURE WAS RAPIDLY

EXPANDING FROM WESTERN INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WITH RAINFALL

INTENSITIES INCREASING AND THUNDERSHOWERS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS.



RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WERE NOTED IN

PORTIONS OF CONWAY...GARLAND...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...POPE AND YELL

COUNTIES BEFORE 6 AM. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WERE POSTED IN THESE

AREAS UNTIL 730 AM THIS MORNING. WATER WAS BEGINNING TO COVER

SEVERAL ROADS IN THE RUSSELLVILLE AREA.



THE HEAVY RAIN WAS PUSHING INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE

STATE...WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED FOR FAULKNER...HOT SPRING...

PULASKI AND SALINE COUNTIES UNTIL 9AM THIS MORNING.



BY LATE THIS MORNING...HEAVY RAIN WILL COVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...WITH MORE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS LIKELY.



PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN

THIS MORNING WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. IF YOU

ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE

THROUGH THE WATER. STOP...TURN AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING FLASH FLOODING FROM YOUR

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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