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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1233 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH

OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CLARK...

HOT SPRING...AND PIKE COUNTIES.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...GRANT...JEFFERSON...

ARKANSAS...DALLAS...CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...DESHA...OUACHITA...

CALHOUN...BRADLEY...AND DREW COUNTIES.



RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THE MORNING

AND THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN WILL

CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND UP TO ANOTHER

ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



MOST OF THE AREA STILL IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS HAD ONE

AND ONE HALF TO OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 18 HOURS

AND HAS HAD SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE LAST WEEK. THE

GROUND IS SATURATED IN THE AREA AND EVEN SOME MORE LIGHT RAIN

COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS.



LIGHT RAIN SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND SHOULD END

SOMETIME TONIGHT.



PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ARKANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING

OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE ON

FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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