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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR

1110 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GRANT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS



* UNTIL 310 AM CDT



* AT 1110 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN LITTLE ROCK CONTINUES TO INDICATE 

THAT AT LEAST TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN GRANT 

COUNTY...MAINLY IN THE NORTH AROUND TULL. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SHERIDAN...AND GUM STREET HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO 

THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AND WILL AFFECT GRANT COUNTY 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 3407 9234 3416 9252 3416 9266 3440 9266

          3449 9222 3407 9223



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