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WGUS74 KLZK 101822

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ARC009-089-102045-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

120 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOONE AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM

CDT...



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HARRISON AND NEARBY AREAS. RESCUES

HAD BECOME NECESSARY AT A CAMPGROUND AT BEAR CREEK SPRINGS...WHERE

WATER FROM BEAR CREEK HAD FLOODED THE CAMPING AREA. AS OF 1 PM...

WATER HAD COVERED TWO LANES OF U.S. HIGHWAY 65 AT BEAR CREEK

SPRINGS. SEVERAL CARS HAD STALLED IN HIGH WATER AT HARRISON.



BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM...THE HARRISON AIRPORT MEASURED 2 3/4 INCHES

OF RAIN. THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT OF 3.20 INCHES OF RAIN AT BATAVIA IN

AN HOUR AND A HALF.



AS OF 115 PM...RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS BOONE AND MARION

COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATED THE RAIN WILL BE CONTINUING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS...AND SHOULD BE

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SEVERAL FEET OF WATER

WAS REPORTED TO BE RUSHING DOWN BEAR CREEK. THIS WOULD BE MORE THAN

ENOUGH TO SWEEP CARS AWAY.



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