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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1120 PM CST SUN MAY 27 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 

AM...



AT 1115 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...OR 

FROM AROUND THE LANGLEY AREA TO DAISY AND PIKE CITY. THE STORMS WERE 

DEVELOPING OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN REPORTED. 



SOME AREAS OF PIKE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 

930 PM. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN KIRBY 

AND MURFREESBORO ON HIGHWAY 27. ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE 

GREESON...COWHIDE CREEK CAMPGROUND WAS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH 

WATER. IN ADDITION...FOUR FEET OF WATER COVERED HIGHWAY 27 JUST EAST 

OF THE CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF KIRBY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 

AM.



PEOPLE IN PIKE COUNTY ARE URGED TO BE CAUTIOUS DURING THIS 

SITUATION. WATER IS COVERING ROADWAYS IN THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS ARE 

ADVISED NOT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS...AND SHOULD TURN AROUND AND GO 

THE OTHER WAY. PEOPLE IN CAMPGROUNDS THAT ARE NEAR RISING WATER 

SHOULD LEAVE IMMEDIATELY AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND.



LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING FLASH FLOODING FROM YOUR

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



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