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WGUS74 KLZK 101054

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ARZ014-101200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

550 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN STONE COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT... 



AT 545 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED TO 

DEVELOP FROM NEAR TIMBO SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE TURKEY CREEK AREA ALONG 

HIGHWAY 9...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSHING. 



THE RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AROUND 

TIMBO...WITH 3 TO AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES OF RAIN FARTHER SOUTHEAST 

TOWARD TURKEY CREEK. 



WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG HIGHWAY 9 

NEAR TURKEY CREEK...AND ALONG COUNTY ROADS IN THE AREA. ALSO...RAPID 

RISES MAY BE OCCURRING ALONG TURKEY AND LICK CREEKS. 



PEOPLE IN WESTERN STONE COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM AREAS 

WHERE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS EXIST. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS ANY 

ROADWAYS...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND GO THE 

OTHER WAY. 



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