

000 

WGUS74 KLZK 180201

FFSLIT

ARZ046-047-056-057-180345-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

800 PM CST SUN MAR 17 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR ARKANSAS...JEFFERSON...PRAIRIE AND 

MONROE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT WERE ISSUED EARLIER THIS EVENING FOR 

ARKANSAS...JEFFERSON...PRAIRIE AND MONROE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED 

TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM CST.



RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW AS MUCH AS 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 

AREA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF RAIN WERE 

IN EASTERN JEFFERSON AND WESTERN ARKANSAS COUNTIES. EARLIER THIS 

EVENING FLOODING WAS REPORTED JUST TO THE WEST OF PINE BLUFF WITH 

SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER. SEVERAL FAMILIES HAD TO BE 

EVACUATED FROM THE FLOOD WATERS.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW LIGHT TO 

OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE SAME AREA. HOWEVER...ALL 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS PUSHED OFF TO THE EAST. WATER WILL CONTINUE TO 

POND ON AREA ROADS. SMALL STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSES MAY STILL 

EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING 

HAS ENDED FOR THIS EVENING.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK. RESIDENTS SHOULD 

KEEP UPDATED ON THIS DEVELOPING HEAVY RAIN EVENT WHICH MAY LEAD TO 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



$$ 



56

