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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1155 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR A LARGE SECTION 

OF CENTRAL...NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. 



GARLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

POPE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS

MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

BAXTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

BOONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

SEARCY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

LOGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

HOT SPRING COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS



AT 1155 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF ARKANSAS WITH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINFALL NOW OVER THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. 



HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING OVER SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL 

ARKANSAS. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS JUST ABOUT ENDED OVER WESTERN AND 

SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. RADAR ESTIMATES...SPOTTER REPORTS AND LOCAL 

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN FROM A HARRISON TO MENA LINE. NEARLY 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN FROM A BATESVILLE TO LITTLE ROCK TO ARKADELPHIA LINE WITH 

ALMOST 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL ON 

ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.



FLASH FLOODING IS BEING 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. IT APPEARS THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IN NOW 

ENDING OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS BUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE 

AS WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ON AREA STREAMS AND THE WATER WILL 

CONTINUE TO RUN OFF.  



PEOPLE IN ALL OF ARKANSAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING OF LOW 

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

BE CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN HIGH WATER IS MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE... 

ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. 



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