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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

313 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WESTERN ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 615 PM CDT



* AT 315 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK INDICATED RAINFALL RATES 

OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR IN NORTHERN MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED THAT FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN SIMS...HOG JAW...AND ODEN IN THE LAST HOUR. WATER WAS COVERING 

THE ROADWAY ON SIMS LOOP.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE CROSSINGS...

AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT 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 VEHICLE DOWNSTREAM.



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 3465 9389 3441 9389 3438 9348 3468 9353



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