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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1104 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1100 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN 

LITTLE ROCK CONTINUES TO INDICATE THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR...MAINLY IN EASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY. SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST 

AND MOVE OVER CLEVELAND COUNTY. THUS...AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 



&&



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.



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 3372 9231 3377 9234 3383 9233 3406 9246

          3406 9198 3372 9198



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