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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

849 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

  IZARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1150 PM CDT



* AT 850 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN FULTON AND NORTHERN 

  IZARD COUNTIES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. MANY AREA ROADS ARE 

  FLOODED. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND ANY

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING. IN 

  ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN RECEIVED EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL STILL 

  NEED TIME TO RUN OFF.



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A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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 IN LITTLE ROCK.



LAT...LON 3640 9159 3615 9170 3611 9212 3636 9210



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