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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

749 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 749 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTHWEST OF 

MENA. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE MOUNTAINS...AND 

WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. DONT CAMP NEAR

STREAMS OR OTHER LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3470 9415 3449 9416 3450 9445 3469 9446



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