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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

553 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN SHARP COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  NORTHERN IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  EASTERN BAXTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF          

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM AROUND NORTFORK TO           

  ASH FLAT. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE RADAR ESTIMATED 

  THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN PER                    

  HOUR...WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN TO COME. EVEN WHEN THE STORMS HAVE 

  ENDED...IT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR EXCESS WATER TO RUNOFF. 



&&



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE CROSSINGS...

AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A CAR DOWNSTREAM.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3638 9146 3614 9158 3613 9220 3632 9223



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