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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

825 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...SOUTHWEST AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS



GARLAND...HOT SPRING...GRANT...DALLAS...CLARK...MARION...BOONE

...FULTON...PULASKI...SALINE AND BAXTER.



AT 825 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND 

MOST OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. RAINFALL RATES WERE PICKING UP...WITH 

HEAVY DOWNPOURS ON AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

OVER 7 TO 8 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. MANY LOCAL ROADS 

ARE BEING CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. MANY CREEKS ARE OVER THEIR BANKS 

OR APPROACHING BANKFULL. INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE RAIN AND  

THUNDERSHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT MAKING FLASH FLOODING 

LIKELY. 



PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF 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. TRAVEL IS 

DISCOURAGED. 



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