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ARC113-110415-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

914 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FRIDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

     POLK



AT 914 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING INTO POLK COUNTY FROM OKLAHOMA. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL 

FALL IN AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING...SO FLOODING OF STREETS...LOW LYING AND 

POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS LIKELY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND

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

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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