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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

400 AM CST THU DEC 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  DESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  SOUTHEAST CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS

  DREW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

  BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 800 AM CST



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAIN HAS    

  FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL      

  HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES OF NEARLY 8 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS        

  STORM EXTEND FROM SOUTHEAST CALHOUN COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH       

  SOUTHERN ARKANSAS COUNTY. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS ONLY       

  SAGGED SLIGHTLY SOUTH THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH THE     

  EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS WITH SEVERAL MORE 

  INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. AS SUCH...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO     

  OCCUR. MANY REPORTS OF WATER COVERING ROADS AND FLOODING OF LOW    

  LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS PROBLEM WILL ONLY WORSEN AS   

  THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. EVEN AFTER THE RAIN HAS ENDED...FLASH  

  FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS WATER DRAINS AND STREAMS AND      

  CREEKS RISE IN RESPONSE. 



&&



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

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

MOVING WATER TO CARRY A CAR DOWNSTREAM.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. DONT CAMP NEAR

STREAMS OR OTHER LOW AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY

WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN LITTLE ROCK.



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