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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

800 PM CDT SAT AUG 11 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...



AT 757 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.



IN ADDITION...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN THE TOWN 

OF POCAHONTAS...



MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN SHARP COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO 

LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. 



.EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



.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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