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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

700 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN ARKANSAS...



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

SEARCY...AND YELL.



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



GARLAND...HOT SPRING...GRANT...DALLAS...CLARK



AT 700 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  

RAINFALL RATES WERE PICKING UP...WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS ON AN ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUND. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN OVER AREAS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS.



FLASH FLOODING WAS ALREADY BEING REPORTED ACROSS MANY SECTIONS OF 

THE STATE...WITH SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER. PANTHER CREEK IN 

JOHNSON COUNTY AND MAZARN CREEK IN GARLAND COUNTY ARE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS WITH MANY OTHER CREEKS APPROACHING BANKFULL. RESCUE OPERATIONS 

ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. INDICATIONS ARE THAT 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.



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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