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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

445 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR THE

FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...



JOHNSON...LOGAN...MONTGOMERY...NEWTON...POLK...POPE...SCOTT...

SEARCY...AND YELL.



AT 440 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT SHOWER INTENSITY HAD INCREASED IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...WITH

THUNDERSHOWERS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS. RAINFALL RATES WERE PICKING

UP...WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS ON AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.



FLASH FLOODING WAS ALREADY BEING REPORTED IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF

THE STATE...WITH SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER. INDICATIONS

ARE THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING FROM

MENA NORTHEASTWARD TO CLARKSVILLE AND MARSHALL.



PEOPLE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING OF LOW

LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.

BE CAREFUL AS NIGHT FALLS WHEN HIGH WATER IS MORE DIFFICULT

TO SEE...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



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