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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1100 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

  LOGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

  SCOTT COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS

  POLK COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT



* AT 1055 PM...WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED 

  ACROSS WESTERN ARKANSAS. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 

  4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA. WHILE

  WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST DURING THE WARNING       

  PERIOD...IT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR ANY HIGH WATER TO RUN OFF.  



&&



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.



DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD THE WATER DEPTH

MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR SAFE PASSAGE. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT TWO FEET OF

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A CAR DOWNSTREAM.



LAT...LON 3609 9295 3575 9298 3573 9320 3529 9336

          3508 9375 3480 9378 3472 9397 3438 9397

          3436 9445 3486 9437 3538 9367 3574 9366

          3574 9349 3612 9342



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