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ARC101-090430-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

936 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 930 PM...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF 

NEWTON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

FALLEN SINCE 6 PM...AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY 

THROUGH 11 30 PM.



&&



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN

AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



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 3609 9344 3612 9347 3612 9294 3574 9295

          3574 9352 3582 9351



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