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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA

753 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 745 AM FOR SEVIER COUNTY IN

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR UNION AND COLUMBIA

COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH 1045 AM...



AT 750 AM...THE SHREVEPORT DOPPLER WEATHER CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS

AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF THE

SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THIS THURSDAY MORNING.



THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH NEAR 15

MILES PER HOUR.



SEVERAL ROADWAYS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS COLUMBIA AND UNION COUNTIES

OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS.  HIGHWAY 82 NEAR BUCKNER ARKANSAS WAS

REPORTED WITH HIGH WATER RUNNING ACROSS IT FROM THE ARKANSAS STATE

POLICE.



SOME 24 HOUR HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS ENDING AT 7 AM INCLUDE THE

FOLLOWING STATIONS.



MAGNOLIA ARKANSAS REPORTED 4.65 INCHES.



LEWISVILLE ARKANSAS REPORTED 2.38 INCHES.



HOPE ARKANSAS REPORTED 2.05 INCHES.



THE EL DORADO ARKANSAS AIRPORT REPORTED 3.30 INCHES.



FULTON ARKANSAS REPORTED 3.54 INCHES.



TAYLOR ARKANSAS REPORTED 1.62 INCHES.



MOTORISTS MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS SOUTHERN

ARKANSAS DURING THIS MORNING.  DO NOT DRIVE AROUND ROADWAY

BARRICADES WITH HIGH WATER FLOWING ACROSS.

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