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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

512 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 710 PM CDT



* AT 510 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AT LEAST TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MAINLY CENTRAL AND EASTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY   

  DURING THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. A SPOTTER REPORTED HIGHWAY 65 WAS   

  BLOCKED BY HIGH WATER 2 MILES NORTH OF DAMASCUS. 



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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. RUNOFF WILL ALSO BE A 

PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 



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 3579 9243 3571 9241 3571 9224 3546 9226

          3547 9266 3573 9266 3574 9261 3579 9261



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