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WGUS74 KLZK 182242

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ARZ044-192345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

545 PM CDT SAT AUG 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PULASKI COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM...



HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES FROM WRIGHTSVILLE EASTWARD TO THE LONOKE 

COUNTY BORDER. AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ALONG THE 

ARKANSAS RIVER JUST SOUTH OF MAUMELLE. OTHER LOCALITIES MAY HAVE 

RECEIVED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK AREA.



HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF BENTON...BUT 

THIS AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST REDUCING THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED. CULVERTS AND 

DRAINAGE DITCHES CAN BECOME DANGEROUS TO YOUNGSTERS IN HEAVY 

RAINS...SO KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN OR NEAR THESE LOCATIONS.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



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