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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

923 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  INDEPENDENCE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 1225 AM CDT



* AT 920 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

  THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF          

  INDEPENDENCE COUNTY. SOME PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN INDEPENDENCE    

  COUNTY HAVE EXPERIENCED GREATER THAN FIVE INCHES OF RAIN. STREET   

  FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BATESVILLE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL      

  DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF FLASH       

  FLOODING. 



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EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ACROSS THE ROAD...TURN

AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.



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 3585 9135 3556 9143 3558 9175 3591 9179



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