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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

300 AM CST TUE MAR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 600 AM CST



* AT 3 AM...RADAR SHOWED RAIN COVERING MUCH OF NORTHWEST 

ARKANSAS...AND EXTENDING ALL THE WAY BACK INTO NORTH TEXAS. AT 250 

AM...THE NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT MANY LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ARE STILL IMPASSABLE. SINCE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL 

THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THE WATERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 

RECEDE...AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.



&&



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN

AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE.



LAT...LON 3612 9296 3574 9296 3573 9343 3612 9344



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