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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

749 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRAIGHEAD COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM

CDT...



RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY SINCE 4 AM. THE JONESBORO 

AIRPORT REPORTED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN. SOME BUSINESS IN JONESBORO 

HAVE REPORTED FLOODING AND NUMEROUS STREETS ARE FLOODED.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAUSING HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN 

PART OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY FROM NEAR MONETTE TO CARAWAY. THESE STORMS 

ARE MOVING EAST ABOUT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 

815 AM. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN BEHIND THESE STORMS WILL BE ENDING 

FROM THE WEST BY 900 AM. 



RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING. SOME 

CITIES AFFECTED INCLUDE BROOKLAND...JONESBORO...AND LAKE CITY. 

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.



.DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OF WATER TO FLOAT A VEHICLE.



.TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

MEMPHIS.

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