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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

337 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  YELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 635 PM CDT



* AT 335 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUED TO INDICATE A 

  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL YELL COUNTY...

  MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF YELL COUNTY IN THE LAST SEVERAL  

  HOURS. THE YELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS ALSO REPORTED WATER ON 

  THE ROADWAYS AT OLA AND PLAINVIEW. 



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 3510 9311 3482 9336 3481 9367 3511 9361



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